Galymbek Zhumatov born in the family of a veteran of the Second World War. His father Sagymbai Zhumatov participated in the Battle of Stalingrad and was seriously injured. After high school, he was served in the Soviet Army. Service was held in Lviv. After serving in the Army Zhumatov arrives at the Faculty of Journalism in the Kazakh State University. After graduation, he began working in the regional newspaper "Kyzyl tu" (now Saryarka samaly), first as a correspondent, then deputy editor. Between 1991 and 1995, correspondent of the republican newspaper "Halyk kenesi." In 2007 Galymbek Zhumatov founded the first in the Pavlodar Region the commercial newspaper in the state language "Shaһar." Zhumatov now is the chief editor of the literary magazine "Nayzatas."