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SIX ARMENIANS ON FORBES WORLD BILLIONAIRES LIST
17:53 04.03.2014
There are six Armenian in the World's Billionaires list published by
Forbes on March 3. Kirk Kirkoryan (328th) is still the world's richest
Armenia with an estimated net worth of $4.5 billion. The other Armenian
billionaires are Samvel Karapetyan (345th), Danil Khachaturov (663rd),
Eduardo Eurnekian (931st) and Sergei Sarkisov and Nikolai Sarkisov
(both ranked1465th).
The ranks of the world's billionaires continue to scale new heights-and
stretch to new corners of the world. The global wealth team found
1,645 billionaires with an aggregate net worth of $6.4 trillion,
up from $5.4 trillion a year ago. In total, there are 172 women on
the list, more than ever before and up from 138 last year.
Bill Gates is back on top after a four-year hiatus, reclaiming the
title of world's richest person from telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu
of Mexico, who ranked No. 1 for the past four years. Gates, whose
fortune rose by $9 billion in the past year, has held the top spot
for 15 of the past 20 years. Spanish clothing retailer Amancio Ortega
(best known for the Zara fashion chain) retains the No. 3 spot for
the second year in a row, extending his lead over Warren Buffett,
who is again No. 4. American gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson, who
added $11.5 billion to his pile, makes it back into the top ten for
the first time since 2007. Another first: A record net worth of $31
billion was needed to make the top 20, up from $23 billion last year.
Kirk Kirkoryan, a hotel magnate is still making money -- even at
the age of 96. Despite selling $750 million worth of shares of MGM
International Resorts in recent years, the Chairman emeritus (till
owns nearly one-fifth its shares, which have nearly doubled in the
past year -- helping boost his net worth by $1.2 billion.
Samvel Karapetyan heads the Tashir Group, a real estate firm that
owns 27 shopping centers, seven office complexes, and seven hotels.
In late 2013 Danil Khachaturov listed shares in his insurance giant
Rosgosstrakh, one of Russia's highest-volume insurers, on the Moscow
Exchange. Khachaturov studied construction and finance at Moscow
schools and went to work at privately-held BIN Bank and then at
Slavneft, an oil company led at the time by billionaire Mikhail
Gutseriev.
Through the years, Eduardo Eurnekian, now 71, has proven he is a
flexible businessman and entrepreneur. The son of Armenian immigrants,
he first delved into the textiles industry, and then the cable TV
business in the 1980s.
Sergei Sarkisov got his start at the Soviet state insurance firm
Ingosstrakh. In 1991 he founded his own insurer, RESO-Garantiya where
he serves as chairman of the board.
Nikolai Sarkisov, the younger brother of billionaire Sergei Sarkisov,
oversees the largest clients at Sergei's insurance company,
RESO-Garantiya. The brothers own 63% of the company, while French
insurer AXA owns the remaining 37%.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/04/six-armenians-on-forbes-world-billionaires-list/
17:53 04.03.2014
There are six Armenian in the World's Billionaires list published by
Forbes on March 3. Kirk Kirkoryan (328th) is still the world's richest
Armenia with an estimated net worth of $4.5 billion. The other Armenian
billionaires are Samvel Karapetyan (345th), Danil Khachaturov (663rd),
Eduardo Eurnekian (931st) and Sergei Sarkisov and Nikolai Sarkisov
(both ranked1465th).
The ranks of the world's billionaires continue to scale new heights-and
stretch to new corners of the world. The global wealth team found
1,645 billionaires with an aggregate net worth of $6.4 trillion,
up from $5.4 trillion a year ago. In total, there are 172 women on
the list, more than ever before and up from 138 last year.
Bill Gates is back on top after a four-year hiatus, reclaiming the
title of world's richest person from telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu
of Mexico, who ranked No. 1 for the past four years. Gates, whose
fortune rose by $9 billion in the past year, has held the top spot
for 15 of the past 20 years. Spanish clothing retailer Amancio Ortega
(best known for the Zara fashion chain) retains the No. 3 spot for
the second year in a row, extending his lead over Warren Buffett,
who is again No. 4. American gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson, who
added $11.5 billion to his pile, makes it back into the top ten for
the first time since 2007. Another first: A record net worth of $31
billion was needed to make the top 20, up from $23 billion last year.
Kirk Kirkoryan, a hotel magnate is still making money -- even at
the age of 96. Despite selling $750 million worth of shares of MGM
International Resorts in recent years, the Chairman emeritus (till
owns nearly one-fifth its shares, which have nearly doubled in the
past year -- helping boost his net worth by $1.2 billion.
Samvel Karapetyan heads the Tashir Group, a real estate firm that
owns 27 shopping centers, seven office complexes, and seven hotels.
In late 2013 Danil Khachaturov listed shares in his insurance giant
Rosgosstrakh, one of Russia's highest-volume insurers, on the Moscow
Exchange. Khachaturov studied construction and finance at Moscow
schools and went to work at privately-held BIN Bank and then at
Slavneft, an oil company led at the time by billionaire Mikhail
Gutseriev.
Through the years, Eduardo Eurnekian, now 71, has proven he is a
flexible businessman and entrepreneur. The son of Armenian immigrants,
he first delved into the textiles industry, and then the cable TV
business in the 1980s.
Sergei Sarkisov got his start at the Soviet state insurance firm
Ingosstrakh. In 1991 he founded his own insurer, RESO-Garantiya where
he serves as chairman of the board.
Nikolai Sarkisov, the younger brother of billionaire Sergei Sarkisov,
oversees the largest clients at Sergei's insurance company,
RESO-Garantiya. The brothers own 63% of the company, while French
insurer AXA owns the remaining 37%.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2014/03/04/six-armenians-on-forbes-world-billionaires-list/