Karapetyan Samvel Sarkisovich is a well-known Russian businessman and patron of Armenian origin. Want to know more about this businessman, his life and work? Welcome to this article!
Education
The future entrepreneur was born in the city of Kalinino in 1965. Samvel Karapetyan's family consisted of teachers. His father was a school principal and specialist in mathematics, and his mother, in turn, worked as an English teacher. In 1986, Samvel Sarkisovich Karapetyan graduated from the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Having left his alma mater, the entrepreneur did not stop to engage in scientific activities. Thus, in 2008, Samvel defended his doctoral dissertation, which was devoted to an urgent topic relating to the development of investment activity control systems at large enterprises.
Start of business
As soon as Karapetyan left his institute, he went into business. Since 1986, Samvel has been managing the Kalinin plant, which is engaged in the production of various enameled products. The entrepreneur’s career has developed quite rapidly. At first, Karapetyan Samvel Sarkisovich was the head of the technological service. Soon he received the position of director of the enterprise. However, the entrepreneur does not stop there. After a couple of years, Samvel Sarkisovich Karapetyan buys the plant and already in 1989 turns it into a personal multi-disciplinary cooperative called Zenith. This company is engaged in the production of metal and rubber products. Samvel Karapetyan was respected for his activities and was not the last person in the city. And in 1991, the city of Kalinino received its former name Tashir at the initiative of Karapetyan.
Relocation to Russia
In 1992, Karapetyan Samvel Sarkisovich left his native country and moved to Russia. In 1997, an entrepreneur acquires an enterprise called Kalugaglavsnab. And two years later, on the basis of the purchased enterprise, the Tashir group of companies was created. Gradually, Tashir includes construction, energy, production assets, sales and supply organizations, entire chains of hotels, shopping centers, cinemas, residential buildings and so on. In general, the group includes more than 200 companies that belong to various sectors of the Russian economy.
In 2000, Karapetyan Samvel Sarkisovich opened a charity fund called "Tashir". Three years later, the entrepreneur begins to actively capture the Moscow real estate market. Karapetyan buys a plot of land on which two years later he builds a shopping and entertainment center called "RIO".
As for marital status, the billionaire is married and has three children. Among other things, Samvel has a younger brother - Karen Karapetyan, who is a famous Armenian statesman.
condition
In 2006, Karapetyan first entered the Forbes magazine. There Samvel entered the "Rating of the largest real estate owners." At that time, his income was $ 29 million. However, only a year later, thanks to rental income from real estate, Karapetyan increased his fortune to $ 67 million.
In 2010, Karapetyan Samvel Sarkisovich received 91 place in the ranking of Russian billionaires, which was compiled by Forbes magazine. At that time, the state of the entrepreneur was 75 million dollars. And in 2011, Forbes compiled an international ranking of the richest people on the planet. In it, Karapetyan took 879 place with a fortune of 1.4 billion dollars. By 2015, Samvel received 418th place with a fortune of $ 3.1 billion.