Aras Agalarov belongs to the commercial record as a figure whose ventures outlasted the conditions that produced them.
The record lists Aras Agalarov as Azerbaijani-Russian businessman.
Aras Agalarov was born at Baku in 1955. His recorded nationality is Russia. He was educated at Academy of Labour and Social Relations and Azerbaijan Technical University.
Post-war business was mass-market and increasingly multinational, managed by professionals rather than owners.
He worked as businessperson, entrepreneur and economist.
Commercial success is easy to measure and hard to interpret; timing and market do much of the work.
Recognition followed: Order of Honour (2013), Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 2nd class, Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2008) and Taraggi Medal (2006).
That the business was built from Russia shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
Achievements
- Order of Honour — 2013
- Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 2nd class
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic — 2008
- Taraggi Medal — 2006
- Government Prize in Culture — 2013
- Educated at Academy of Labour and Social Relations and Azerbaijan Technical University
