Rank #1042
Samvel Karapetyan
Net worth $4.1B
Real estate · Russia
- Born
- Aug 18, 1965
- Age
- 60
- Source
- Real estate
- Residence
- Moscow
- Citizenship
- Russia
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, Yerevan Polytechnic Institute
Net worth over time
Biography
- Samvel Karapetyan owns $2.8 billion (sales) Tashir Holding, a commercial real estate developer.
- Karapetyan was born in Armenia but came to Russia in the 1990s and settled in the town of Kaluga.
- A long time subcontractor of Gazprom, Tashir also has state contracts to light the central streets in Moscow.
- Karapetyan's son Sarkis and daughter Tatevik are Tashir's top managers. Tatevik is responsible for the development of its chain of movie theaters.
- Karapetyan has built shopping centers, and bought an electric power company and one of the biggest power plants in Armenia.
- Samvel Karapetyan's hometown in the former Soviet Union was called Kalinino. After he became rich and powerful, Karapetyan had it renamed into Tashir.
- Karapetyan's brother Karen is a well-known Armenian politician, who headed the president's administration and was elected a member of National Assembly several times