Tigran Oganesovich Khudaverdyan (Russian: Тигран Оганесович Худавердян, Armenian: Տիգրան Հովհաննեսի Խուդավերդյան, romanized: Tigran Hovhannesi Khudaverdyan; born 28 December 1981) is an Armenian businessman, former executive at Yandex N.V.[1]
Tigran Khudaverdyan | |
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| Տիգրան Խուդավերդյան Тигран Худавердян | |
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| Born | 28 December 1981 |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Alma mater | Moscow State University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Known for | Deputy CEO of Yandex |
Early life edit
Born in Yerevan, Armenian SSR in 1981, Khudaverdian graduated from the Moscow State University, physics department in 2004.[2] Before joining Yandex, he participated in developing internet projects and headed a web studio.[3]
Career edit
Tigran Khudaverdyan joined Yandex in April 2006, as a project manager for portal services and technologies. Since then he has led several successful Yandex projects, including Yandex.Browser and Yandex.Navigator.[4]
From 2009 to 2012, he was Head of Division for Portal Products and Mobile Apps.[5] Since 2012 he has been the Head of Direction for Yandex.Browser and Yandex.Taxi and has been appointed Head of Product Development in 2013.[2]
He moved to the Yandex.Taxi business in 2015, and has served as chief executive officer of MLU B.V., ride-hailing and food delivery joint venture with Uber, since its formation.[4]
In 2019 Tigran Khudaverdyan was appointed as Deputy CEO of Yandex N.V.[6] and joined the company's Board of Directors.[7]
In 2019 he was featured in Young Global Leaders list initiated by the World Economic Forum.[8]
In 2020 he attended the World Economic Forum in Davos as a speaker of "Inequality: A Barrier to Economic Growth" discussion.[9]
In March 2022 Tigran Khudaverdyan stepped down from his roles as executive director and deputy CEO at Yandex NV.[1]
Personal life edit
Tigran is married and has five sons.[3]
International sanctions edit
In March 2022, the European Union sanctioned Khudaverdyan as part of its package of economic penalties against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.[10]
Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [11]
References edit
- ^ a b "Tigran Khudaverdyan Steps Down from His Roles as Executive Director and Deputy CEO at Yandex NV". Bloomberg. 16 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Tigram Khudaverdyan Profile". Webit. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Tigran Khudaverdian". World Economic Forum.
- ^ a b "Tigran Khudaverdyan, Deputy CEO, Yandex". www.topionetworks.com.
- ^ "Трансформация "Такси" и сборка часов: чем Тигран Худавердян занимался до руководства "Яндексом"". vc.ru.
- ^ "Yandex Appoints Tigran Khudaverdyan as Deputy CEO". russiabusinesstoday.com.
- ^ "Tigran Khudaverdyan, Yandex NV: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ "Community". The Forum of Young Global Leaders.
- ^ "Inequality: A Barrier to Economic Growth". Roscongress Building Trust.
- ^ Cordell, Jake (16 March 2022). "Yandex Head Quits After Surprise EU Sanctions". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
- ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.