Thursday, March 21 2019 18:14

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.