Vahe Baloulian

“Vahe Baloulian is an award-winning gaming and hospitality industry veteran, named by the Gaming Intelligence as one of the ‘Hot 50’ most innovative and inspiring people in online gaming. “Vahe Baloulian is a quiet man. But behind that exterior lurks a sharp and thoughtful mind. Vahe likes to say that he is learning all the time. Next time you get a chance to talk to him, listen. You might learn something too.” – Gaming Intelligence Quarterly, 2016. He is a frequent guest speaker and judge at leading industry events.

Vahe has lived and worked in different capacities (from clerk to CEO) in over 10 countries, including Armenia, the USA, Russia, Antigua, Austria, Gibraltar, Canada, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Malta, UK, France, and Israel. Aside from launching and operating the first Armenia-focused start-up in 1996 in the USA, he also co-founded Akumb (The Club) and Tapastan restaurants, In Vino Wine Bar and Merchant in Yerevan, and Armenia’s first organic wine producer - Trinity Canyon Vineyards in Vayots Dzor.”