Russian businessman and philanthropist Vladimir Avetissian is best-known as deputy chairman of the RUSNANO board, where he oversees the Projects Management Center. Even in times of economic turmoil, when enterprises folded one after another, Avetissian managed to keep the businesses he managed out of bankruptcy. His family survived the Armenian Genocide thanks to the kindness of his great-granduncle, father Atanas. For Vladimir, gratitude is not merely a word — he is a generous philanthropist and supports a number of projects in Armenia, his ancestral homeland.