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. 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

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Early life

After studying in Le Rosey in

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and then the US in Boston, David Manoukian got his

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from the Institut supérieur de gestion in Paris in 1997. He went on to

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, 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, and actively participated in the brand's expansion in

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, the

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and

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. It was also with the family company that he developed France's first textile

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website. Before moving on to other horizons he oversaw the French ready-to-wear brand's acquisition by the American brand

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and its subsequent growth in the

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. 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

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division exclusively dedicated to the Web and the first project was The Sphere.

Personal life

David Manoukian is married to Chantal Manoukian; a Lebanese-Armenian woman who is a

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who took her

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in Paris. They have two boys Raffi and Azad.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Manoukian, David 1975 births Armenian businesspeople French people of Armenian descent French chief executives ISG Business School alumni Technology company founders French Internet celebrities Belgian businesspeople Living people Chief operating officers Alumni of Institut Le Rosey

Early life

Career

Personal life

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