Artur Mkhitaryan

Artur Nvierovych Mkhitaryan (born on 23 November 1982, Yerevan, Armenia) — Ukrainian entrepreneur and developer, founder and CEO of the Taryan Group development company.
== Biography ==
Artur Nvierovych Mkhitaryan was born in Yerevan, Armenia. His family moved to Kyiv in the late 1980s.He studied at Kyiv General Secondary School No. 178 and the Private "Grand" Lyceum.Received Master’s degree "Management of Organizations" at Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture majoring.
Was appointed as the president of local Kyiv construction company Poznyakyzhilbud.
In 2009, he temporarily moved to the USA, where, in 2012, he received an Executive MBA degree at NOVA Southeastern University in Miami, USA.
In 2011, he founded Taryan Group, the first project of which was the TSARSKY Fitness Club. In December 2015, Taryan Group took over Poznyakyzhilbud.
In 2013, he took part in the reality TV show "Millionaire. Life from the Beginning".
In 2020, he founded and held the first large-scale motivational DreamBIGForum in Kyiv, where a famous American writer and publicist Robert Green spoke for the first time in Ukraine.
== Family ==
Grandfather — Mntsakan Mkhitaryan, an Armenian writer and author of a number of poetry collections and short stories, who worked under the pseudonym Taryan.
Father — Nvier Mkhitaryan, founder of Poznyakyzhilbud, Chairman of the Union of Armenians of Ukraine (2000 — 2005), MP of Ukraine of IV, VI and VII convocations.
Sister — Astkhik Mkhitaryan, a Ukrainian businesswoman.
Not married, no children.
== Achievements ==
* In 2008, obtained 79th place in the list of the Best Top Managers of Ukraine according to "Delo" magazine.
* In 2011, obtained 9th place in the list of the Best Top Managers of the Construction Industry according to Ukrainian Trade Guild.
* In 2016, obtained 36th place in the list of the Top-100 Best Managers of Ukraine according to Delo.UA portal.
* In 2018, he was recognized as the Best Top-Manager of the Construction Industry in Ukraine and took the 47th place in the Overall Ranking of Managers of Ukraine according to "Top-100. Rankings of the Largest" Magazine.
* In 2019, he with his father were included in the list of 100 richest Ukrainian according to Novoe Vremya magazine and Dragon Capital estimations. Father and son were at the 44th place with a fortune of USD 114 mln.
* In 2020, Nvier and Artur Mkhitaryan also appeared in the list of Richest Ukrainians according to the Correspondent magazine estimations. They took the 58th place with the fortune USD 118 mln.
In the real estate sector:
* Based on the results of 2020, the Taryan Towers building was recognized as the best project of high-rise residential complex in the world according to International Property Awards.
=== Loud statements ===
* In December 2018, Artur Mkhitaryan published an appeal to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, in which he described blackmail by the representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine. As several journalist investigations figured out, official of the Ministry of Culture of Viktor Yanukovych's Times were involved in the deal. In May 2019, the Security Service of Ukraine closed the case against Taryan Towers.
* In July 2020, he presented the concept of renovation of Kyiv's industrial district, i.e. Telychky and called on the city authorities and businesses to unite around a comprehensive approach to the development of the district.
=== Charity ===
* During the Dream BIG Forum, UAH 1,500,000.00 were raised and donated to the Tabletochki Charitable Foundation.
* In spring 2020, Artur Mkhitaryan purchased and handed over 5 new French lung ventilators to Kyiv hospitals.
Category:1982 births
Category:Living people
Category:Businesspeople in construction