FORBES RUSSIAN HAS INCLUDED SEVEN ARMENIANS IN ITS ANNUAL RANKING OF THE 200 RICHEST BUSINESSMEN IN THE COUNTRY.
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President of Tashir Group Samvel Karapetyan is the 26th on the ranking
with estimated assets of $4 billion.
The next Armenian is Danil Khachaturov, the director of the insurance
company Rosgosstrakh. The 43-year-old businessman has climbed down
from the 54th position in 2014 to the 68th position this year, with
his assets having decreased by $1 billion to $1.6 billion.
An influential figure on the ranking is Ruben Vardanyan, the founder
of the business school Skolkovoa, who is the 92nd on the ranking
(against last year’s 124th). His assets have increased by $0.1 billion
to 0.95 billion since 2014.
The brothers Nikolay and Sergey Sarkisov, who represent the company
Reso Garantia, rank respectively the 105th and the 106th .
Albert Avdolyan, (Wooden Fish Agency), with $0.75 billion, is the
120th on the index. His assets haven’t changed since last year.
The businessmen included in the publication’s top 10 list are:
1. Vladimir Potanin (Interros, Norinkel), $15.4 billion
2. Mikhail Fridman (Alpha Group), $ 14.6 billion
3. Alisher Romanov (Matalinvest, Mail.ru Group, Megaphone), $14.4
billion
4. Victor Vekselberg (Rosal), $14.2 billion
5. Aleksey Mordashov (Severstal), $13 billion
6. Vagit Alekperov (Lukoil), $12.2 billion
7. Leonid Mikhelson (Sibur, Novatek), $11.7 bilion
8. Vladimir Lisin (Novolipetsk Steel), $11.6 billion
9. Gennady Timchenko (Novatek), $10.7 billion
10. Mikhail Prokhorov (Onexim), $9.9 billion