Portrait of Samvel Karapetyan

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