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

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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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