Sarkis izmirlian wikipedia
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Izmirlian Medical Center
Hospital in Yerevan, Armenia
Izmirlian Medical Center (Armenian: Իզմիրլյան բժշկական կենտրոն), is a medical center and research foundation located in the Armenian capital Yerevan. Opened in , it is located in the Kanaker-Zeytun district and currently operates under the supervision of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin.[1] The Surb Nerses Mets Research and Education Center (Armenian: Սուրբ Ներսես Մեծ գիտաբժշկական կենտրոն), operates within the medical center.
History
[edit]The medical center-institute was originally opened in in the Nor Zeytun neighbourhood of Yerevan as a center of proctology named after L. Nazarov. Between and , the center was redeveloped by the New York-based Armenian General Benevolent Union to include a section for plastic surgery and other surgical specialties. In , the center was granted to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin and renamed as Surb Nerses Mets Medical Center, after the Catholicos of All Armenians Ner
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Sarkis Izmirlian &#; Armenian billionaire from Switzerland
Born in , Sarkis Izmirlian is the heir to the billionaire fortune and peanut business of the famous Armenian Izmirlian family from Geneva (Switzerland). The grandfather of billionaire Sarkis Izmirlian ended up in Switzerland at the beginning of the 20th century, fleeing the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire. The founder of the family business was Sarkis&#;s father, Tigran Izmirlian, whom the European press called the &#;peanut king&#; half a century ago. Already at the end of the s, Izmirlian senior managed to take control of almost the entire world export of Gambian peanuts and create his own peanut empire &#; the Swiss company &#;Alimenta&#;.
Sarkis himself began working in the family business from a young age, and after studying at the university, in parallel with the peanut business, he began to engage in large construction projects in Switzerland, Great Britain and other countries of the world. In , one of the
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How a $ billion resort went bust before it opened
Beyond the tropical waters, across palm-fringed sands and behind locked gates, looms Baha Mar — the largest and, at $ billion, priciest resort in the Caribbean.
Here, no one frolics pool-side, pina colada in grabb, or hits irons on the Jack Nicklaus golf course. No slot machines jingle-jangle in the casino. The Flamingo Bar, the Brasserie des Arts and the Cartier boutique lie dark. On this bright October morning in the Bahamas, all 2, guest rooms are empty.
The quiet is almost spooky here on the outskirts of Nassau, where the waterscape frills of nearby paradis Island give way to the vast ghost-resort that is Baha Mar.
Just how the place ended up like this — in a bankruptcy so colossal that it’s jeopardizing the Bahamas’s kredit rating — is the biggest business story to hit this Caribbean nation for as long as anyone here can remember. It stretches far beyond the vit beaches and across time zones, to none other than the State