Albert Avdolyan (born 8 November 1970), is a Russian-Armenian businessman. In 2016 acquired Maltese citizenship through its citizenship for investment scheme.^[1] He is specialized in the telecommunication sector. He is the founder and owner of Mobile WiMAX company Expatel and a shareholder of Yota, and is considered as one of the key players of 4G technology in Russia.^[2]

In 1999, Avdolyan acquired 15% of the shares of Russian chemical company Usoliekhimprom.^[3] Since 2003, he has also been a shareholder of construction equipment firm Gazkomplektservice, a subsidiary of Gazprom.^[4]

Avdolyan is married and is the father of four children. In 2009, he and his wife bought a home in Beverly Hills.^[5] In 2011, he bought a second house in the Beverly Park neighborhood.^[6] This home was heavily damaged by a fire in the following year.^[7]

In October 2009, Avdolyan^[8] founded Russian company Expatel,^[9] one of the Russian leaders in Mobile WiMAX (G4) Internet technology.

In 2010, Expatel had more than 500 retail offices across Russia^[10] and was the first Russian company to supply optical fiber services to its customers.