Tigran Khudaverdyan Explained

Tigran Khudaverdyan
Birth Date:	28 December 1981
Birth Place:	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|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.

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tigran Khudaverdyan Steps Down from His Roles as Executive Director and Deputy CEO at Yandex NV. 2022-03-16. Bloomberg.
2. Web site: Tigram Khudaverdyan Profile. 23 January 2021. Webit.
3. Web site: Tigran Khudaverdian. World Economic Forum.
4. Web site: Tigran Khudaverdyan, Deputy CEO, Yandex. www.topionetworks.com.
5. Web site: Трансформация "Такси" и сборка часов: чем Тигран Худавердян занимался до руководства "Яндексом" . vc.ru.
6. Web site: Yandex Appoints Tigran Khudaverdyan as Deputy CEO. russiabusinesstoday.com.
7. Web site: Tigran Khudaverdyan, Yandex NV: Profile and Biography. Bloomberg.com.
8. Web site: Community. The Forum of Young Global Leaders.
9. Web site: Inequality: A Barrier to Economic Growth. Roscongress Building Trust.
10. Web site: Cordell . Jake . 2022-03-16 . Yandex Head Quits After Surprise EU Sanctions . 2022-06-04 . The Moscow Times . en.
11. Web site: CONSOLIDATED LIST OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS TARGETS IN THE UK . 16 April 2023.