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Battushig Batbold (Батболдын Баттүшиг, born 1986) is a Mongolian businessman. Batbold is Director of Altai Holding LLC, one of the largest conglomerate corporations in Mongolia. He is also the first vice-president of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC) and President of the Mongolian Badminton Association.

Personal Life and Education
Battushig Batbold was born in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia in 1986. He is the son of Sükhbaataryn Batbold, the former Prime Minister of Mongolia. During the collapse of Soviet rule in Mongolia, and following the divorce of his parents, Batbold and his mother left Mongolia for the United States of America where he attended a public school in Seattle. He has a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Chicago, followed by an MBA from Harvard Business School.

In 2015, Batbold appeared as the subject of an episode of The Successors, a documentary series which profiles the next generation of a family continuing and expanding the family business.

Business
Batbold is Director of Altai Holding LLC, a holding company with interests in trade, retail, IT, telecommunications, finance, real estate, manufacturing, hospitality, and media sectors. Previously, Batbold was a metals and mining investment analyst at Morgan Stanley, and Head of Business Development and Strategy for Asia at Remark Media.

Other Interests
In addition to his business interests, Batbold is involved in both philanthropy and sport. He is a Governing Board Member at America Needs You, a non-profit organisation that fights for economic mobility for ambitious first generation college students.

Batbold is President of the Mongolian Badminton Association and was elected to the council of the Badminton World Federation in May 2017 on a four-year term. He became First Vice President of the Mongolian National Olympic Committee (MNOC) in March 2017.