Goga Ashkenazi
| Goga Ashkenazi Гога Ашкенази |
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| Born |
Gaukhar Yerkinovna Berkalieva 1 February 1980 Taraz, Zhambyl Oblast, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR |
| Citizenship | Kazakh and Russian |
| Education | Somerville College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur, businesswoman |
| Spouse(s) | Stefan Ashkenazy (m. 2003–07) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Severyn Ashkenazy (former father-in-law) |
Goga Ashkenazi (born Gaukhar Yerkinovna Berkalieva; Russian: Гауха́р Ерки́новна Беркали́ева, Kazakh: Гауһар Еркінқызы Берқалиева; 1 February 1980) is a Kazakh-Russian businesswoman and socialite. She is the founder and CEO of MunaiGaz Engineering Group, a Kazakh oil and gas conglomerate. Since 2012, she has been head of the fashion label Vionnet, based in Milan.
Ashkenazi was born in the Zhambyl Oblast, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. She grew up in Moscow, where her father, engineer Yerkin Berkaliev, was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party under Mikhail Gorbachev. Her mother, Saule, has degrees in both engineering and medicine. She has a sister, Meruert, who is 10 years older.
After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, her family moved back to Kazakhstan. Eager for their daughter to get a competitive education, her parents sent the 12-year-old Goga to boarding school in England. She first attended Buckswood Grange School in East Sussex followed by Stowe School, but was rusticated after being caught kissing a boy. She then attended Rugby School, earning five A levels. She studied at Somerville College, Oxford, graduating in 2001 with a degree in modern history and economics.
After leaving Oxford, Ashkenazi worked at investment banking firms, including Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley in London and ABN AMRO in Hong Kong.
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