Tigran Khudaverdyan

Tigran Khudaverdyan
Տիգրան Խուդավերդյան Тигран Худавердян
Born	(1981-12-28) 28 December 1981 (age 43) Yerevan, Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union (now Armenia)
Citizenship	Russian
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Deputy 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.

From 2009 to 2012, he was Head of Division for Portal Products and Mobile Apps.[4] In 2012, he spearheaded the launch of Yandex.Browser, positioning it as a direct competitor to Google Chrome.[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.

In 2016, Azerbaijan blocked the Uber-Yandex.Taxi partnership led by Khudaverdyan in the country because of Khudaverdyan's Armenian origins.[6]

In 2019 Tigran Khudaverdyan was appointed as Deputy CEO of Yandex N.V.[7] and joined the company's Board of Directors.[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 due to European Union sanctions.[10]

Personal life

Tigran is married and has five sons.[3]

International sanctions

In 2014, the government of Canada included Khudaverdyan in an annex of its Special Economic Measures Act, banning him from any economic activity in Canada.[11]

In March 2022, the European Union sanctioned Khudaverdyan as part of its package of economic penalties against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine.[12]

Sanctioned by the UK government in 2022 in relation to Russo-Ukrainian War. [13]

References

1. "Tigran Khudaverdyan Steps Down from His Roles as Executive Director and Deputy CEO at Yandex NV". Bloomberg. 16 March 2022.
2. "Tigram Khudaverdyan Profile". Webit. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
3. "Tigran Khudaverdian". World Economic Forum.
4. "Трансформация "Такси" и сборка часов: чем Тигран Худавердян занимался до руководства "Яндексом"". vc.ru.
5. "Yandex lança navegador para desafiar o Google". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 1 October 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
6. "Citing Armenian CEO, Azerbaijan Rejects Uber-Yandex Partnership". Armenian National Committee of America. 17 July 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
7. "Yandex Appoints Tigran Khudaverdyan as Deputy CEO". russiabusinesstoday.com.
8. "Tigran Khudaverdyan, Yandex NV: Profile and Biography". Bloomberg.com.
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.
11. Branch, Legislative Services (11 October 2024). "Consolidated federal laws of Canada, Special Economic Measures (Russia) Regulations". laws.justice.gc.ca. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
12. Cordell, Jake (16 March 2022). "Yandex Head Quits After Surprise EU Sanctions". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
13. "CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK" (PDF). Retrieved 16 April 2023.

External links

• Official website