Vyacheslav Kim (born June 12, 1969) is a Kazakhstani economist, financier, cofounder, shareholder and chairman of the Board of Directors at Kaspi.kz and President of the Kazakhstan National Taekwondo Federation.
1993–2005 – Kim was one of the founders and owners of the country’s largest retail chain, Planet of Electronics Network of Stores.
The entrepreneur began seeking investment partners who might help him, and learned about the Baring Vostok Fund,[12] which acquired a stake in the company.
[6] This led to Mikheil Lomtadze joining the management team in 2007, who together with Vyacheslav Kim transformed Kaspi to the biggest Kazakhstan fintech company.
[13][14] On February 21, 2020, president of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev held a meeting with Vyacheslav Kim and Chairman of the Kaspi.kz Board Mikhail Lomtadze, at which discussions addressed the digital service development strategy, prospects for e-commerce growth in Kazakhstan and the Company’s plans to support small and medium-sized businesses.
[19] Their discussions covered prospects and opportunities for enhancing the country's economic situation along with strategies for attracting new investors from across the globe to Kazakhstan.
[43][44] In March 2017, Vyacheslav Kim together with Mikheil Lomtadze donated an extensively repaired building with an area of 1,400 square meters to the «We will Win Autism» Project[45] One of the trustees and partners of the Saby Charitable Foundation in the «Build Your Business» Project since 2013[46][47][48][49] In 2020, Kaspi.kz founders Vyacheslav Kim and Mikheil Lomtadze actively participated in the fight against the coronavirus pandemicproviding financial support to the health care sector of the Republic of Kazakhstan, allocating 100 million tenge for the purchase of rapid tests and artificial ventilators[50] and donated 100 ambulances to the State to fight the pandemic.
[51] In January 2022, founders of Kaspi.kz Vyacheslav Kim and Mikheil Lomtadze allocated 579 million tenge to support small business entities[52] that had suffered during riots in Almaty.
They transferred 10 billion tenge to the Fund "For the People of Kazakhstan"[53] involved in solving the issues associated with healthcare, education, social support, as well as culture and sports.