Ruben Vardanyan & family
Source of wealth: Investment banking
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The scale of their wealth
Health
The price of life
Let's compare Ruben Vardanyan & family's fortune with the healthcare spending of a massive country
Ruben Vardanyan & family could fund the entire healthcare system of DR Congo, with a population of over 105,800,000 people, for approximately 0.6 years.
But even if we compare their fortune with that of a rich country
On the other end, Ruben Vardanyan & family could cover the healthcare spending of Luxembourg, considered the most heavily funded healthcare system in the world, for 0.2 years.
Education
Buying the future
Let's also compare their fortune with education spending, first with a poor country
Ruben Vardanyan & family could cover the total cost of Nigeria's education system, the most populous country in Africa with over 243,000,000 inhabitants, for 0.4 years.
And yes, we can also compare it with a rich country
But they couldn't just cover the cost of a poor country; Luxembourg is considered the country with the highest per capita investment in education in the world, and Ruben Vardanyan & family could pay for it entirely for 0.5 years.
Research
The monopoly on progress
Coming full circle, we think it's also interesting to add another gigantic country
Ruben Vardanyan & family could fully fund the state research budget of Pakistan, the fifth most populous country in the world with over 260,000,000 inhabitants, for 2.1 years.
And of course, the country that invests the most per capita worldwide
But even if we compare the total wealth of Ruben Vardanyan & family with Israel, the country that invests the most per capita in research in the world, they could cover the total cost of the system for 0.0 years.
Gold
Everyday luxuries
Ruben Vardanyan & family's fortune is equivalent to 9 tons of gold. It's hard to process, since we don't usually keep a handful of gold bars in our piggy banks.
A standard gold ring usually weighs between 4 and 7 grams. Let's say this one weighs 5 grams. It's usually 18 karats.
Based on today's gold price (excluding the jeweler's commission, shipping, or anything else), that ring would be worth $546.86.
Ruben Vardanyan & family could buy 2,290,132 gold rings. That's a lot of fingers and way too many gifts!!
And if you're struggling to visualize that many rings, it would take 0 trucks to transport them. Although Ruben Vardanyan & family will almost certainly have enough money left over to pay for the gas.
Biography
Ruben Vardanyan cofounded investment company Troika Dialog in the early 1990s and is known as the father of the Russian stock market.
In 2013, Vardanyan and his managers sold Troika Dialog to state-owned Sberbank for $1.4 billion.
Vardanyan founded investment boutique Vardanyan, Broitman and partners, which serves ultra high-net-worth individuals, in 2014.
In 2021 he obtained Armenian citizenship and later renounced his Russian citizenship and moved to Armenia.
In November 2022 Vardanyan was appointed the State Minister of Artsakh (Karabakh). He transferred his business assets to the family trust. In February 2023 he dismissed as State Minister.
Vardanyan was arrested by the Azerbaijani State Border Service in 2023 while attempting to enter Armenia; In December 2025, prosecutors requested a life sentence for him.
Financial Assets
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