Rauan Kenzhekhanuly

Rauan Kenzhekhanuly
Kenzhekhanuly in 2011
Born	(1979-05-01) 1 May 1979 (age 45) East Kazakhstan Region, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Kazakh
Education	Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University (BA) Harvard University
Occupations	Wikipedia editor politician
Known for	Founder of WikiBilim
Political party	Nur Otan
Awards	Wikipedian of the Year (2011)

Rauan Kenzhekhanuly (Kazakh: Рауан Кенжеханұлы, pronounced [ɾɑwˈɑn kenʑeχɑnʊˈlə]; born 1 May 1979) is a Kazakh entrepreneur and NGO activist who was named the first Wikipedian of the Year in August 2011 by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales at Wikimania.^[1]