David Manoukian

David J.L. Manoukian (January 10, 1975) is a French-Belgian-Armenian businessman. He is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of the luxury social network service The-Sphere.com.[1] David Manoukian is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Realty Capital Partners which is a Company that invests in luxury real estate within niche markets such as Courchevel, Megève or Saint-Tropez.

David J.L. Manoukian
Born (1975-01-10) January 10, 1975
EducationInstitut Le Rosey
Institut supérieur de gestion
OccupationCEO / President
Known forSon of Alain Manoukian, Founder and CEO of The-Sphere.com in 2008
Children2 – Raffi, Azad
Websitewww.the-sphere.com

Early life

After studying in Le Rosey in Switzerland and then the US in Boston, David Manoukian got his Bachelor of Business Administration from the Institut supérieur de gestion in Paris in 1997. He went on to PricewaterhouseCoopers, the auditing and consulting firm where he worked first in the Audit division and then in the Corporate-Finance division in charge of mergers and acquisitions for 3 years.

Career

In 2000, he joined the family group Alain Manoukian as the International President[2] and actively participated in the brand's expansion in Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Asia. It was also with the family company that he developed France's first textile E-commerce[3] website. Before moving on to other horizons he oversaw the French ready-to-wear brand's acquisition by the American brand BCBG Max Azria[4] and its subsequent growth in the United States. With his family in 2007, he turned his attention to urban commercial real estate development projects as well as high-luxury residential real estate. In 2008, he created a multimedia division exclusively dedicated to the Web and the first project was The Sphere.[5]

Personal life

David Manoukian is married to Chantal Manoukian; a Lebanese-Armenian woman who is a lawyer who took her bar exam in Paris. They have two boys Raffi and Azad.

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