Seven Armenians named Russia’s richest businessmen in Forbe’s ranking

Seven Armenians have been named as Russia’s richest businessmen in the latest ranking published by the Russian Forbes.

Sergey Galitsky (Harutyunyan), the founder and a co-owner of the supermarket chain Magnit, appears to the richest among them, with total net assets worth $10.3 billion. His fortune is said to have increased by $2.1 billion since last year.
 

Samvel Karepatyan, the owner of the real estate firm Tashir Group, has climbed from the 29th position in 2013 to the 26th position this year, having increased his assets by $0.5 billion to $43 billion.
 

 
Danil Khachaturov, with an estimated net worth of $2.6 billion, ranks the 40th. The CEO of Rossgostrakh has improved his positions by three points, his current assets topping the 2013 records by $0.2 billion.

Nikolay Sarkosov and Sergey Sarkisov, the billionaire brothers who represent the insurance company RESO-Garantiya, are also among the richest Armenians despite the drop in their net income. The estimated net worth of each is $1.1 billion this year. Nikolay Sarkisov, who is the company’s vice president, had a loss of $0.25 compared to last year; he is now the 98th on the ranking. Sergey Sarkisov, who heads the company’s board of directors, ranks the 99th.

   
 

Ruben Vardanyan, the 45-year-old founder of the Moscow School of Management SKOLKOVO, has jumped to the 124th position (from the 193rd position in 2013). His net worth has increased by $0.85 since last year.
 

Director of Wooden Fish Agency Albert Avdolyan ranks the 133rd, with an estimated net worth of $0.75 billion. His income has increased by $0.05 since last year.
 

The top ten list of Russia’s 200 richest businessmen includes looks as follows:

1. Alisher Usmanov (Metalinvest, Mail.ru Group, Megaphone); $18.6 billion

2. Mikhail Fridman (Alpha Group); $17.5 billion

3. Viktor Vekselberg (Rosal); $17.2 billion

4. Vladimir Lisin (Novolipetsk Steel); $16.6 billiom

5. Leonid Michelson (Sibur, Novoteka); $15.6 billion

6. Gennady Timchenko (Novatek); $15.3 billion

7. Vagit Alekperov (Lukoil); $13.6 billion

8. Vladimir Potanin (Interros, Nornikel); $12.6 billion

9. Andrey Melnichenko (EuroChem); $11.4 billion

10. Herman Han (X5 Retail Group); $11.3 billion