Mikheil Lomtadze
Mikheil Lomtadze | |
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| Born | 1975 Batumi, Georgia |
| Nationality | Georgian, Kazakhstani |
| Occupation(s) | Technology entrepreneur, businessman |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Known for | Chairman of Kaspi; board member and investor in multiple enterprises; owner and board member of Wycombe Wanderers F.C. |
Mikheil Lomtadze () is a technology entrepreneur and businessman with dual Georgian and Kazakhstani nationality. He serves as the Chairman of the board at Kaspi, a fintech company headquartered in Kazakhstan, and has participated as a board member and investor in multiple enterprises.
Education and early career
Lomtadze completed his Bachelor of Business Administration at the European School of Management in Georgia in 1997, followed by earning an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2002.
Career
In 1995, Lomtadze established Georgia Consulting Group Audit, specializing in audit and consulting services. He sold this company in 2002, after which it integrated into Ernst & Young's international network. Subsequently, he joined the private equity firm Baring Vostok Capital Partners, where he progressed from project manager to partner.
Lomtadze became a board member of Caspian Bank in Kazakhstan in 2006 and was appointed chairman in 2007. He led the rebranding of the bank to Kaspi in 2011, overseeing its evolution into a leading fintech organization. Additionally, from 2006 until 2010, he held a board position at the Russian Center for Financial Technologies.
Together with Vyacheslav Kim, Lomtadze purchased the combined entity Kolesa, Krysha, Market for $15 million in 2013, assuming the role of chairman on its supervisory board. In 2017, he invested more than 1 billion rubles into Automama.ru, a network focused on used car sales.
By 2021, Forbes Kazakhstan ranked Lomtadze as the third wealthiest businessman in Kazakhstan, while Forbes' The World's Billionaires list placed him second among Georgian billionaires.
In 2024, Lomtadze acquired a 90% stake and became both partner and board member of English football club Wycombe Wanderers F.C..