He is the founder and chairman of the diversified industrial holding company Kusto Group, and is one of the richest businessmen in Kazakhstan with a fortune of $335 million.
Yerkin Tatishev was born in the city of Kentau of South Kazakhstan region on January 1, 1976, in a large family raised by a doctor and a teacher.
In 2017, Tatishev launched High Tech Academy, the first innovative school in Kazakhstan.
Yerkin Tatishev is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the “Miloserdie” Foundation[19] and one of the initiators of the creation of the “Kantar” Legal Support Center.
[20] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tatishev's Kusto Group allocated 1 billion tenge to support the population.