ArmInfo.President of the Tashir group of companies Samvel Karapetyan topped the rating of billionaires of Armenian descent according to the Russian version of Forbes. The publication estimates its revenues for 2018 at $ 3.7 billion, but among the richest people in the world, Karapetyan is ranked 568 out of the list of 2153 world billionaires.Another Russian businessman of Armenian origin, Sergei Galitsky (Harutyunyan), was in 617th place. Valuation of its assets - $ 2.44 billion, the source of income - the sale of shares <Magnit>.
Argentinean businessman Eduardo Ernekian, owner of Yerevan Airport, a bank and other avtivs in Armenia, was in third place in the ranking of Armenian billionaires, the assessment of his fortune was $ 1.6 billion.American designer Carolyn Rafaelyan, who created the jewelry and accessories manufacturing company Alex and Ani, also made it into the rating of the publication. Its income magazine valued at $ 1 billion.In turn, the Russian version of Forbes, in contrast to the traditional rating of the richest businessmen, where the value of assets and the final amount is estimated, decided to evaluate the real, "live" money received by Russian billionaires for selling assets or in the form of dividends.From last year's ranking, six people are present in the current list: Mikhail Prokhorov, Alexey Mordashov, Alisher Usmanov, Vladimir Lisin, Vagit Alekperov and Suleiman Kerimov.Big sale of the domestic asset, the chain of stores <Magnit>, only the leader of the rating, Sergey Galitsky, was noted.The founder and head of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, is recognized as the richest man in the world for the second time. Its capital has grown by $ 19 billion - to $ 131 billion. The status of Microsoft's founder Bill Gates is estimated at $ 96.5 billion (+ $ 6.5 billion per year) - it occupies the 2nd position in the rating. US President Donald Trump is on the 715th line. His fortune is estimated at $ 3.1 billion, as in the past year. Founder of Tesla and SpaceX companies Ilon Musk took 40th position in the rating with a capital of$ 22.3 billion. Mark Zuckerberg, after scandals with fake news and data leakage of Facebook users, lost $ 8.7 billion in a year. His state of the publication was estimated at $ 62.3 billion. Businessman ranked 8th in the rating.The richest woman in the world was Francoise Betancourt Myers. She received an inheritance worth $ 39.5 billion, among its assets - a 33% stake in L'Oreal. And 21- year-old Kylie Jenner became the youngest rich woman in the world. On the cosmetics of her own name, she earned $ 1 billion.