Gabit Bekakhmetov

Gabit Bekakhmetov is an educator and entrepreneur with a strong interest in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. He studied politics, philosophy, and business at Duke, Eurasian National University, and Oxford. Having grown up in a Soviet collective farm and a nomadic camp nearby, he is passionate about steppe cultures and curious about the effects of new technologies on the region's future. As a serial school founder and writer, he promotes critical thinking and STEM education. Gabit has worked on...See more

Gabit Bekakhmetov is an educator and entrepreneur with a strong interest in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. He studied politics, philosophy, and business at Duke, Eurasian National University, and Oxford. Having grown up in a Soviet collective farm and a nomadic camp nearby, he is passionate about steppe cultures and curious about the effects of new technologies on the region's future. As a serial school founder and writer, he promotes critical thinking and STEM education. Gabit has worked on translating The Eagle Huntress, a documentary that was short-listed for an Oscar. He spends most of his time in Burabay, Kazakhstan and Cambridge, England. See less