List of Armenian businesspeople
This is a list of Armenian business people.Aerospace and aviation
Russia
- Ruben Aganbegyan, CEO of Russia of Renaissance Capital, president of Micex
- Ashot Egiazaryan, banker; deputy of the Russian State Duma
- Samvel Karapetyan, founder and President of Tashir Group
- Ruben Vardanian, CEO and Chairman of Troika Dialog Group
United States
- Kirk Kerkorian, businessman, investor, and philanthropist, billionaire, the president and CEO of Tracinda Corporation, 10th largest donor in the US, He was bestowed the title of National Hero of Armenia, the highest state award.
- Charles A. Agemian, former Executive Vice President of Chase Manhattan Bank
- Granger K. Costikyan, longtime partner of Brown Brothers Harriman
- Richard Donchian, pioneer Wall Street financier
- Mary Ellen Iskenderian, CEO and President of Women's World Banking and former senior executive of World Bank
- Steven A. Kandarian, former Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of MetLife
- Paul Kazarian, hedge fund manager
- Robert Mehrabian, board member of Bank of New York Mellon
Entrepreneurs
General
- Ara Abrahamyan, Russian diamond dealer
- Arsen Borysovych Avakov, Governor of Kharkov region and businessman in Ukraine, Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine
- Ian Bremmer, President of Eurasia Group
- Gerard Cafesjian, businessman, private investor and former board member of West Publishing
- Catchick Paul Chater, businessman in Hong Kong
- Larry Gagosian, founder of Gagosian Gallery
- Sergey Galitsky, Russian retail operator, Magnit
- Paul Garmirian, founder and owner of P.G. Cigars
- Arsen Gasparyan, former Armenian press secretary, publisher and cigar manufacturer
- Rafi Haladjian, founder of FranceNet internet service provider
- Hrayr Hakobyan, founder of The Yerevan Champagne Wines Factory and investor
- Kevork Hovnanian, Chairman of Hovnanian Enterprises; homebuilder
- Jack Kachkar, Canadian-Armenian businessman
- Samvel Karapetyan, owner of Tashir
- Kirk Kerkorian, investor
- Alex Manoogian, founder of Masco
- Matild Manukyan, businesswoman; real estate
- Armen Sarkissian, Chairman of Knightsbridge Group, former Prime Minister of Armenia
- David Shakarian, founder of GNC
- Artyom Tarasov, Russian businessman, the first officially declared millionaire in the USSR
- Carl Tchilinghiryan, German-Armenian businessman and entrepreneur, co-founder of Tchibo
- Gagik Tsarukian, businessman in Armenia
- Daniel Ustian, Chairman of Navistar
- Hrant Vardanyan, businessman in Armenia; founder and Chairman of Grand Holding
- Avedis Zildjian, founder of Zildjian
High technology
- Andrey Andreev, founder and owner of Badoo
- Alexis Ohanian, internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Reddit
- Avie Tevanian, former CTO of Apple and creator of OS X operating system, partner at Elevation Partners
- David Yang, founder of ABBYY
- Hovhannes Avoyan, co-founder and CEO of PicsArt
Oil and gas
- Calouste Gulbenkian, one of the founders of Royal Dutch Shell, oil magnate
- Alexander Mantashev, oil magnate, industrialist, financier, and philanthropist
Executives
- Carole Black, CEO and President of Lifetime Entertainment
- Eduardo Eurnekian, President of Aeropuertos Argentina 2000
- Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation
- Ron Hovsepian, non-executive Chairman of the Board of Ann Taylor and CEO and President of Novell
- Vahan Janjigian, Senior Vice President of Forbes
- Steven A. Kandarian, CEO and President of MetLife
- Robert Kocharyan, non-executive director of Sistema
- Robert Mehrabian, board member of CME Group and Bank of New York Mellon
- Tro Piliguian, Chairman of Ogilvy and COO of WPP
- Eduard Sarkisov, Vice-President of Rusneft
- Roman Sarkisov, CEO of MTV Russia
- Roger Tatarian, former editor-in-chief and Executive VP of United Press International
- Serge Tchuruk, former Chairman of Alcatel
Fashion
- Patricia Field, US fashion designer
- Francis Kurkdjian, owner of perfume house Maison Francis Kurkdjian
- Alain Mikli, designer
- Valerie Toranian, Editor in Chief of Elle
- Carolyn Rafaelian, founder and owner of accessories and jewelry company Alex and Ani
Film and television industry
Argentina
- Martín Karadagián, Argentine actor
Russia
- Anna Melikian, director, owner of Magnum Studios
- Armen Oganesyan, CEO of Voice of Russia
- Karen Shakhnazarov, CEO of Mosfilm
- Margarita Simonyan, Chief Editor of Russia Today
United States
- Alex Yemenidjian, former CEO and Chairman of MGM Studios
Lawyers
- Mark Geragos, defense attorney who defended Michael Jackson
- Robert Kardashian, defense attorney who defended O. J. Simpson
- Karinna Moskalenko, Russian human rights lawyer
Sports
- Khoren Kalashyan, first Armenian football scout
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan, professional footballer; midfielder for English Premier League team Manchester United and captain of the Armenia national team
- Yura Movsisyan, professional footballer; forward for Major League Soccer team Real Salt Lake and of the Armenia national team
Video game and software industry
- Greg Costikyan, game designer
- Alex Seropian, founder of Bungie and developer of the Halo video game series
