Forbes: Seven Armenians among Russia’s richest

Forbes: Seven Armenians among Russia’s richest –

Samvel Karapetyan 

Forbes Russian edition has included seven Armenians in its annual ranking of the 200 richest businessmen in the country.

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 .