Daniel Khachaturov is the richest businessman of Armenian origin in Russia
19.04.2012,
16:32
Head of Russian insurance company Rosgosstrakh Daniel Khachaturov is the richest businessman of Armenian origin in Russia, according to the Russian edition of Forbes magazine.
YEREVAN, April 19. /ARKA/. Head of Russian insurance company Rosgosstrakh Daniel Khachaturov is the richest businessman of Armenian origin in Russia, according to the Russian edition of Forbes magazine.
Khachaturov’s wealth is estimated at $2 billion, a $500 million increase from last year's amount. The list of richest Russian businessmen includes four other Armenians - Samvel Karapetian, brothers Nikolai and Sergey Sarkisov and Ruben Vardanyan.
Samvel Karapetian, president of Tashir group of companies, has a fortune of $1.6 billion, by $200 million less than in 2011. He is the 63rd richest businessman in Russia.
The brothers Nikolay and Sergey Sarkisov, the founders of the RESO-Guarantee insurance company are worth $1.2 billion each. Their wealth slashed by $300 million compared to last year.
Ruben Vardanian, the chairman of the Board of Directors of Troika Dialog, has a fortune of $500 million.
Russian mining magnate Alisher Usmanov has become Russia’s wealthiest businessman according to the 2012 Rich List published by the Russian edition of Forbes magazine on Thursday.
Usmanov, the owner of Metalloinvest metals giant and a major shareholder in London's Arsenal Football Club, has climbed to the top spot from the fifth place, after increasing his wealth from $17.7 billion last year to $18.1 billion. He overtook Vladimir Lisin, the owner of Novolipetsk Steel firm, who had held the first place in the past two years but has now fallen to the second spot with his wealth falling from $24 billion to $15.9 billion.
Alexei Mordashov, the main shareholder and CEO of Severstal steel giant, ranks third in the Forbes Rich list with $15.3 billion.
Mikhail Prokhorov, former presidential candidate in the March elections and owner of Onexim Group, has dropped from the third to seventh place as his wealth has contracted from $18 billion to $12.4 billion.
Over the year, the number of dollar-denominated billionaires fell by five to 96. The aggregate wealth of Russia’s top 200 entrepreneurs amounted to $446.3 billion in 2012 ($498.6 billion in 2011). -0-
