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Galaxy Group of Companies is an Armenian holding company operating in Armenia, Georgia and Belarus.

Founded in 1999, the company has created and currently manages 15 brands and businesses, including Ucom Telecommunication company, Yerevan Mall shopping and entertainment center. The company is a top employer and taxpayer in Armenia with annual tax rate of more than 27 million USD as of 2019 and 31 million USD as of 2020.

History
Galaxy Group of Companies was founded by Gurgen Khachatryan, Artyom Khachatryan and Aram Khachatryan in the late 1990s.

In December 2015 Galaxy acquired Orange Armenia, the Armenian branch of French mobile network operator and merged it with Ucom . In 2018 the Group announced the project start of Innovation and Technology Park in Armenia, a large scale social project designed for 6000 professionals.