Tigran Khudaverdyan
Տիգրան Խուդավերդյան
Тигран Худавердян
Born (1981-12-28) 28 December 1981 (age 42)
Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Armenia)
CitizenshipRussian
Alma materMoscow State University
OccupationBusinessman
Known forDeputy CEO of Yandex

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]

Early life

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

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

Tigran is married and has five sons.[3]

International sanctions

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

  1. ^ a b "Tigran Khudaverdyan Steps Down from His Roles as Executive Director and Deputy CEO at Yandex NV". Bloomberg. 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Tigram Khudaverdyan Profile". Webit. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Tigran Khudaverdian". World Economic Forum.
  4. ^ a b "Tigran Khudaverdyan, Deputy CEO, Yandex". www.topionetworks.com.
  5. ^ "Трансформация "Такси" и сборка часов: чем Тигран Худавердян занимался до руководства "Яндексом"". vc.ru.
  6. ^ "Yandex Appoints Tigran Khudaverdyan as Deputy CEO". russiabusinesstoday.com.
  7. ^ "Tigran Khudaverdyan, Yandex NV: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.
  8. ^ "Community". The Forum of Young Global Leaders.
  9. ^ "Inequality: A Barrier to Economic Growth". Roscongress Building Trust.
  10. ^ Cordell, Jake (16 March 2022). "Yandex Head Quits After Surprise EU Sanctions". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  11. ^ "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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