Samvel Karapetyan is in Bloomberg’s list of 500 richest billionaires

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A Russia-based businessman of Armenian origin Samvel Karapetyan, the founder and president of Tashir group of companies, is among Bloomberg’s top 500 world’s billionaires.

Samvel Karapetyan is in Bloomberg’s list of 500 richest billionaires

YEREVAN, March 6. /ARKA/. A Russia-based businessman of Armenian origin Samvel Karapetyan, the founder and president of Tashir group of companies, is among Bloomberg’s top 500 world’s billionaires.

Samvel Karapetyan is ranked 394th with a fortune estimated at $4.36 billion. In 2016 he was the 28th richest businessman in Russia, according to Forbes and the 549th in the world.

The list is topped by Microsoft founder Bill Gates with a fortune of $85.6 billion. The top three also includes investor Warren Buffett with $78.9 billion and telecom magnate Carlos Slim with a fortune of $53 billion. The rating includes eight Russians. -0-

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