Ruben Vardanyan became a partner of the Atlanta business community, within the framework of the partnership a new company will be created. This is the millionaire himself, together with the founder of the Atlantis, Mikhail Voronin, told a press conference today. "This equal partnership is 50 to 50, I enter the business on a cash-in basis," Vardanyan explained. The partners do not disclose the exact amount of investments, but, according to Vardanyan himself, "the money is small", he is interested in the "club" infrastructure. A source familiar with the terms of the deal estimated it at $ 10 million. Almost all this money will go to develop the infrastructure of the business community of Atlanta, Voronin, according to Vardanyan, will receive a "small payment".

Voronin holds a business forum "Atlanta" from 2016. The event is attended by prominent politicians and businessmen, for example, in 2017 one of the guests was Mikhail Fridman. After the transaction with Vardanian, Voronin will become a project partner and will be responsible for all operational processes. "In Russia, entrepreneurs are ready to become more open," Voronin said. "New investments will allow us to develop the direction of online education, as well as our own media channels."
 
Vardanyan stressed that in addition to financing business ideas within the forum, he will share his experience and business contacts with the partner, which can be used to enlarge the business community. The funds raised will be used to develop community infrastructure and create new educational products online and offline. The business club will remain the core of the community and it is expected that one of the grounds for communication of the club in different formats will be the business center "Romanov Dvor". For this, a part of the areas that Sberbank has released will be used.

The business community of Atlanta exists since 2012 and in addition to the business club and forum of the same name holds the forum Winning the hearts. The cost of holding one forum "Atlanta", according to the organizers, is 150 million rubles. The revenue from the conduct consists of ticket sales (80%), the rest - sponsor funds. In 2016, one of the sponsors was Alfa Group.

In addition to Atlant, Mikhail Voronin also owns the Petersburg investment agency Podiezhiki, established in 2002. The agency's turnover in 2016 exceeded 450 million rubles. Among the customers are Beeline, MTS, Danone, M.Video, KIA, Perekrestok, Bayer, AVON, AT Consulting, Tele2 and others.