Today Forbes gives the owner of the Tashir group of companies the 30th line in the rating of the richest people in Russia. A native of Kalinino (now Tashir) of the Armenian SSR, Samvel Karapetyan has been actively developing his business in Russia since 1997. He connects personal success with the support of the family and the Armenian diaspora, which, according to him, have never failed an entrepreneur.
The beginning of the way
The future businessman was born in a family of teachers in 1965, August 18. Having received a good upbringing, the young man entered the Polytechnic Institute of the city of Yerevan, graduating from the Faculty of Engineering in 1986. He has a craving for education from his parents: his father headed the school and taught children math, his mother taught English. Samvel Karapetyan (photo presented in the article) has a doctorate in economics, in 2008 he defended a dissertation on the problem of control over investments of large enterprises.
His business began with enameled pots. At the end of the institute, the novice entrepreneur received the position of chief technologist of the enterprise for the manufacture of enameled dishes in his native city. And then he became its director. In the 80s, when the cooperative movement was actively developing, together with his elder brother he bought the plant and founded his own Zenit enterprise, making it a multidisciplinary business. While marketing metal, sewing and rubber products, the Karapetyan brothers acquired connections, including in Russia.
In the future, Karen left the business, choosing a political career, and Samvel in 1997 started a business in Kaluga, acquiring the company Kalugaglavsnab.
Achieving Success
The current construction and industrial empire of Karapetyan is called "Tashir", in honor of his hometown. He created it in 1999. The uniqueness of the group of companies lies in the fact that it is multidisciplinary and self-sufficient and at the same time is not connected in any way with the country's natural resources. Of the 200 independent firms, 51 are commercial real estate, including 31 retail. Samvel Karapetyan began the offensive on the capital in 2003, having bought Avtokombinat-23. In fact, he needed the land on which the first Rio shopping mall was built.
In 2008, the second shopping and entertainment complex with the same name was built, while the tenants were its own companies - a network of cinema "Cinema Star", cafes and restaurants "Tashira", retail stores "Fashion Alliance". This solved the problem of occupancy of the complex.
In 2000, Samvel Karapetyan was an average player in the real estate market. Today it is one of the leaders whose capital exceeds $ 3, 700 million. Among his ambitious projects is the construction of a modern clinic in Skolkovo. The volume of investments exceeds 15 billion dollars. The estimated completion date is 2021.
Charity
Traditionally, Armenians endow others, noting their own success. Since 2000, Samvel Karapetyan (the family supports him in this endeavor) created a charity foundation. A non-profit organization is also named after the businessman’s small homeland, Tashir. Among the objects for which funding is allocated there are many religious institutions both in Russia and in Armenia. The businessman contains football clubs, organizes the days of Armenia in Russia, etc.
Karapetyan is a role model for his children. So, his daughter's birthday coincides with the terrible earthquake in Armenia in 1988. In 2017, on April 24, Tetevik made a royal gift to the residents of Gyumri. For 8 disadvantaged families, apartments were bought and donated by her. What else can be said about the businessman’s family?
