Ruben Vardanyan is an extraordinary person. Born in Armenia, he managed to succeed in Russia, but does not forget about his small homeland. He is not afraid to leave the comfort zone, easily starts new business, parted with money, spending huge amounts of personal savings on charity.
Ruben Karlenovich left to earn quite a bit to become a Russian dollar billionaire. Experts in the field of economics and business are sure that he would have become them a long time ago had he not spent fabulous sums on charity. He himself is indignant if he is hinted at and immediately cuts off the conversation, turning into this channel. Who is he and where from? How did you manage to achieve such dizzying heights in your career, business, politics?
Biography of Ruben Karlenovich Vardanyan
The future businessman, politician and philanthropist was born in late May 1968, in Yerevan. Who his parents were is not known for certain, but they had nothing to do with business. But their son from childhood showed leadership qualities, was a little hooligan, but he studied well in all school areas. He graduated from secondary school in 1985, with the "Gold Medal". Immediately after graduation, the young man went to Moscow, where he was easily admitted to the economics department of Lomonosov Moscow State University, but he studied for only a year, then was called up for military service in the CA.
Vardanyan received the honors diploma of Moscow State University. After serving in the army, he returned to college, successfully graduated in 1992, becoming a professional economist. Ruben Karlenovich had an internship in America and Italy. The knowledge he received was not enough. In addition to Moscow State University, Vardanyan later studied at Harvard, at Yale University, at Stanford. This is the person who constantly strives to improve and develop, to receive new knowledge. It is noteworthy that he literally demands the same from others. Most of his charity projects are aimed specifically at development.
Business career of Ruben Vardanyan
The future businessman began her career in 1991, while still a student at Moscow State University. Then he became an expert on economics, and then he headed the whole department in the management staff of Troika Dialog. After receiving an economics degree, Vardanyan headed the company, headed the board of directors until 2012, until his brainchild was sold to a leading Russian bank.
In addition to Troika Dialog, Ruben Karlenovich has experience in such large companies as
- Sukhoi Civil Aircraft,
- Rosgosstrakh,
- "BaltTransService" and others.
After Vardanyan left the post of head of Troika Dialog, he, together with his former colleagues, founded an investment company called Vardanyan, Breitman and Partners. Three years later, he opened another line of business - social investment. This type of activity is new for the country, but it turned out to be very popular, brought to its founder not only additional profit, but also authority, many new friends and partners.
Ruben Vardanyan in charity
This area of activity has no less scope than the business of Ruben Karlenovich. He not only invests his own funds in the implementation of projects in this direction, but also actively attracts politicians and businessmen to such matters. Of his most significant cases, the following should be noted:
- the revival of the Tatev Monastery,
- reconstruction of the Surb Georg temple,
- creation of the Russian National Orchestra,
- guardianship of the Pushkin Museum,
- circulation issue of books on history, economics, educational literature.
The development of the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative is also the merit of Ruben Vardanyan. The project draws attention to those social strata that are least protected - from economic crises, aggression, including genocide. Aurora establishes prizes for those who are most active in these areas.
Vardanyan does a lot for his native Armenia. For several years he was a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Armenian Competitiveness Development Fund, was a member of the religious Council of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Ruben Karlenovich pays a lot of attention to the development of Armenian youth, he is happy to help talented children, regardless of the direction in which they strive to develop.
He is also interested in the general development of Armenia. In this regard, he initiated the development of two projects at once - Armenia-202 and Armenia-2031. They are aimed at developing a scenario for the successful development of the state, studying strategic initiatives, improving the welfare of citizens, and increasing the level of entrepreneurship and production.
