Karapetyan Samvel Sarkisovich

Karapetyan Samvel Sarkisovich

Karapetyan Samvel Sarkisovich - President of the Tashir Group of Companies. Head of OJSC Kalugaglavsnab, which is part of Tashir Corporation^[1]

Chairman of the Foundation for the Study of Armenian Architecture^[2]

Aktivs

The main assets of Samvel Krapetyan are concentrated:

• investments, development and management of commercial real estate (the group of companies "Tashir" - 90%^[3] shares^[3]

Biography

Born in 1965 in Tashir, Armenia.

1986 - graduated from the Engineering Department of the Yerevan Polytechnic Institute.

Doctor of Economics.

1986-1992 - Technologist and director at the Tashir Enamel Plant.

1989 - created the Zenit cooperative for the production of rubber products and parts for cars. Organizes sewing production.

1992 - registered as a joint-stock company "Kaluga Commercial Intermediary Company," or OAO "Kalugglavsnab"^[1]

1996 - headed and later bought OJSC Kalugglavsnab, on the basis of which Samvel ^[3] created the Tashir group].

1999: Creation of the Tashir group

1999 - creates the Tashir group of companies, which includes production and construction enterprises, shopping centers, supply and sales organizations, a network of hotels and restaurants, sanatoriums.

He has a doctorate in economics. He has published more than 30 scientific papers.

Chairman of the Foundation for the Study of Armenian Architecture^[2]

2006 - Takes an active part in the holding of the Year of Armenia in Russia, which takes place under the patronage of the President of Russia V.V. Putin and the President of the Republic of Armenia R.S. Kocharyan.

2011: Net worth $1.4 billion

He took 73rd place in the ranking of the Russian-language version of Forbes "Richest Businessmen Russia - 2011." The fortune of Samvel Krapetyan was estimated at 1.4 billion# dollars^[4]

2012: Net worth $1.6 billion

He took 63rd place in the ranking of the Russian-language version of Forbes "Richest Businessmen Russia - 2012." The fortune of Samvel Krapetyan is estimated at 1.6 billion dollars^[5]

2012 - announced its intention to acquire one of the world's most famous design companies, the Roberto Cavalli fashion house. Experts say that the amount of the transaction could amount to 500 million^[4] on^[4].

2012 - ranked third in the ranking of the largest rentiers in Russia, which includes 30 Russian businessmen who own companies leasing commercial real estate^[6].

2025: Detention in Armenia on charges of public calls for power grab

The struggle of Armenian President Nikol Pashinyan with the Armenian Apostolic Church in June 2025 reached a new level. Russian-Armenian billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, head of the Tashir group of companies, was detained for speaking out in support of the AAC. Pashinyan regarded the speech as a threat.

Karapetyan condemned the authorities for "attacks on the centuries-old foundations of the Armenian Church." He promised to take a "direct part" in the situation.

Pashinyan wrote on social networks about the "dissolute benefactor" and threatened that "the taste of the state will remain in your mouth": "This is not the village of Nizhny Tapr in Kaluga for you - this is the Republic of Armenia." By the way, there is no such village in the Kaluga region.

On June 17, 2025, special forces broke into Karapetyan's house in Yerevan and conducted searches. About 50 supporters were detained at his residence.

Pashinyan's regime arrested Karapetyan only from the second time. The businessman was supposed to be detained by the National Security Service, but he was allowed to leave his house. Today Pashinyan fired the head of the National Security Service Armen Abazyan, who, judging by rumors, refused to detain Karapetyan because of personal relations.

On June 18, Karapetyan was detained by the security forces to combat organized crime of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Armenia on charges of public calls for the seizure of power.

Pashinyan also announced his intention to nationalize the Electric Networks of Armenia, a key asset of the Russian Tashir Group of Companies, which is owned by Karapetyan.

At the same time, in Azerbaijan, Karapetyan is wanted on charges of supplying weapons to Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020.

Titles and awards

2001 - receives the Russian National Prize in the field of business and entrepreneurship "Business Olympus" - "Honored Entrepreneur of the Russian Federation."

2001 - awarded a gold medal in honor of the 1700th anniversary of the adoption of Christianity in Armenia and the Order of the Holy Blessed Prince Daniel of Moscow 2nd degree.

2003 - awarded the personal watch of the President of Russia.

2005 - receives the Main All-Russian Prize "Russian National Olympus" - the Order "For Honor and Valor" and the badge "Golden Olympus."

2011 - The authorities of Artsakh awarded Samvel Karapetyan the Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots^[7].

Marital status

Married, three children^[3].

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