Samvel Karapetyan (businessman)

Samvel Karapetyan (born July 31, 1965) is a Russian-Armenian billionaire, who owns the Tashir Group conglomerate.

Samvel Karapetyan
Born
Armenian: Սամվել Կարապետյան; Russian: Самвел Карапетян

(1965-08-18) August 18, 1965[1]
Kalinino (now Tashir),[1] Soviet Armenia, USSR
EducationYerevan Polytechnic Institute
OccupationProperty developer
Net worthUS$2.6 billion (August 2020)[2]
Spouse(s)Married
Children3
Awards

Biography

Karapetyan graduated from the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute in 1986. He moved to Russia in the 1990s and in 1997, he became the president of the Kaluga-based Kalugaglavsnab OAO, which provides logistics services. In 1999, he established the Tashir Group.[1]

In 2020 he paid the part of the pledge for the release from custody of Robert Kocharian.[3]

Personal life

He is married, with three children (two sons and a daughter), and lives in Moscow.[4][2]

His brother, Karen (arm), is a politician from the Republican Party of Armenia and a former Member of Parliament.[5]

In 2011, Armenian President awarded Karapetyan with the Mesrop Mashtots Medal "for significant contribution to the promotion of national interests, long term and fruitful pro-Armenian activities, dedication to the development and advancement of the Republic of Armenia and provided services."[6]

In November 2017, he was appointed the president of the football club FC Ararat Moscow.[7]

Wealth

According to Forbes, his net worth in February 2015 was $4.0 billion.[2] In March 2013 Karapetyan became the richest ethnic Armenian in the world, overtaking Armenian-American businessman Kirk Kerkorian.[8][9]

Ties to Putin

In January 2018 Karapetyan was named by the US Treasury Department in the Putin list, consisting of 114 senior political figures and 96 oligarchs, all of whom rose to prominence under Russian President Vladimir Putin.[10][11]

References
  1. "Самвел Карапетян Биография". Vedomosti (in Russian). Retrieved 17 February 2015.
  2. "Forbes profile: Samvel Karapetyan". Forbes. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  3. Российские бизнесмены выплатили залог за экс-президента Армении, РБК, 20/06/2020
  4. "Հպարտ եմ, որ հայ եմ. Սամվել Կարապետյանի զրույցը Forbes-ի հետ". CivilNet (in Armenian). 16 February 2015.
  5. "Sargsyan appoints brother of billionaire as new Armenian PM | The Central Asia & South Caucasus Bulletin". Retrieved 2020-12-05.
  6. "President Serzh Sargsyan attended the ceremony of inauguration of the research compound of Matenadaran - Domestic visits - Updates - The President of the Republic of Armenia". www.president.am. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  7. Президентом ФК ”Арарат” избран Самвел Карапетян (in Russian). FC Ararat Moscow. 17 November 2017.
  8. "Russian-Armenian beats U.S.-Armenian on latest Forbes billionaire list". ArmeniaNow. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  9. "World's richest Armenians according to Forbes; Kerkorian no longer leads list". Tert.am. 5 March 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  10. Sheena McKenzie, Nicole Gaouette and Donna Borak. "Full list of Russian oligarchs released by US". CNN. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
  11. "Samvel Karapetyan and Danil Khachaturov in US black books". arka.am. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
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