Tatyana Bakalchuk

Tatyana Vladimirovna Bakalchuk (Kim) (Russian: Татьяна Владимировна Бакальчук; born on 16 October 1975) is a Russian entrepreneur of Korean ethnicity. As the founder of Wildberries, the largest Russian online retailer, she became a self-made billionaire, the first such woman in Russia.[2]

Tatyana Bakalchuk
Born
Tatyana Kim

(1975-10-16) 16 October 1975
Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union
NationalityRussia
OccupationEntrepreneur
Net worthUS$1.4 billion (February 2020)[1]
Spouse(s)
Vladislav Bakalchuk
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(m. 2004)​
Children4

Early life

Having graduated from Kolomna University, she began working as an English teacher.

Career

In 2004, at the age of 28, while on maternity leave with her first child, she founded Wildberries from her Moscow flat, using her savings of $700.[3] In 2019, the company's value was estimated at $1 billion, which made Bakalchuk the second woman in Russia to become a billionaire.[4][5] In 2020, Forbes magazine reported that she was worth $1.4bn, making her Russia's richest woman.[6]

Personal life

She is married to Vladislav, an IT technician, they have four children, and live in Moscow.[1]

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Tatyana Bakalchuk". Forbes. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
  2. How Tatyana Bakalchuk took Russia’s ecommerce throne, Financial Times, 11 May 2020
  3. Parfitt, Tom (21 February 2020). "Former teacher Tatyana Bakalchuk is Russia's richest woman". The Times. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  4. Au-Yeung, Angel. "Former English Teacher And Founder Of Online Retailer Becomes Russia's Second-Ever Female Billionaire". Forbes. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  5. Kozenko, Andrey; Kevin Rothrock (translator) (21 February 2019). "Introverted, daring, and very rich Meet Tatyana Bakalchuk, half of Russia's woman-billionaire population". Meduza. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  6. "Tatyana Bakalchuk". Forbes. Retrieved 21 February 2020.


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