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Ruben Vardanyan — social entrepreneur, philanthropist, public figure
Ruben Karlenovich Vardanyan. Source: Ruben Vardanyan’s press service
Business
In 1991, Vardanyan began working at Troika Dialog. A few years later, he became their CEO and chairman on the Board of Directors.
From 2012 to 2015, he served as managing director at Sberbank CIB CJSC as well as adviser to the president, chairman of the Executive Board of Sberbank of Russia PJSC.
In 2015, he founded Phoenix Advisors.
Over the years, he was on the board of directors, as well as expert and advisory boards of Ameriabank CJSC, KAMAZ PJSC, Global Blue Russia Holdings B.V., Sibur Holding PJSC, AvtoVAZ PJSC, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft JSC, Novatek PJSC, Avtovaz PJSC, and others.
Educational projects
In 2005, Vardanyan opened the Skolkovo School of Management. In 2013, the school launched the Wealth Management and Philanthropy Center, and Vardanyan became chairman of its expert council.
Ruben Karlenovich Vardanyan. Source: Ruben Vardanyan’s press service
In 2021, he founded the Matena International School
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Ruben Vardanyan
Ruben Vardanyan is an Armenian-Russian business leader, social entrepreneur and venture philanthropist. Together with his spouse, Veronika Zonabend, and partners in various countries, he invests money in large-scale, multifaceted projects in the sphere of global education, the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, and solving humanitarian problems. A prominent financier, Ruben is known both for his commercial and deep-reaching philanthropic projects. Among such projects in the sphere of education are SKOLKOVO business school – the first private business school in Russia—and UWC Dilijan, the first UWC college in the post-soviet space which to date has educated almost 400 students from more than 105 countries.
Ruben and Veronika are convinced that a dramatic breakthrough in global education is the key to achieving sustainable development goals. They participate in international educational networks such as United World Colleges and Teach for All and support other educational projects along with their own initiatives. They also provide strategic consulting t
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Who is Ruben Vardanyan? Unveiling enigmatic oligarch's intriguing saga
The "Back to Garabagh" Public Union has unveiled a reportshedding light on the fraudulent activities of Ruben Vardanyan, a former leader associated with the Karabakh separatist movement. Caliber.Az reprints the report.
Ruben Vardanyan, born in Yerevan on 25 May 1968, is a Russian oligarch of Armenian descent, a billionaire and former minister of state of the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic", an entity not recognised anywhere in the world.
Vardanyan was the initiator, one of the founders and first president of the Moscow School of Management in Skolkovo. President Vladimir Putin attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the campus in 2006.
According to the Washington Times, Vardanyan is a friend of Vladimir Putin. Vardanyan was once the head and main partner of Troika Dialog, an investment company that created an extensive network of offshore companies involved in money laundering from Russia. Since 2011, Forbes has included him in its ranking of Russia's richest people.
In September 2021, Ru
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