# Rafi Haladjian

> French businessman

**Wikidata**: [Q1401113](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1401113)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafi_Haladjian)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/rafi-haladjian

## Summary
Rafi Haladjian is a French computer scientist, entrepreneur and inventor born in Beirut in 1961. He is known as a French businessman and was awarded the rank of Knight of the Legion of Honour on 2017-04-14.

## Biography
- Born: 1961-06-08, Beirut
- Nationality: France
- Known for: Work as a computer scientist, entrepreneur and inventor; identified publicly as a French businessman
- Field(s): Computer science; entrepreneurship; invention; business

## Contributions
The provided source material identifies Rafi Haladjian as a computer scientist, entrepreneur and inventor, and records his public recognition as a business figure in France. The source does not list specific companies founded, product names, patents, publications, standards, or open-source projects tied to him. Public identifiers and presences recorded in the source include a Twitter account (rafigaro) and two public images dated 2008-02-07 and 2010-10-02. He is also recorded in authoritative directories (Who's Who in France, ID 63769) and in international structured datasets (Freebase ID /m/04m_149). His formal honours include being appointed Knight of the Legion of Honour on 2017-04-14. Beyond these documented facts, the source material does not provide concrete titles, years, or impacts of specific products, papers, patents or companies that he built, discovered, published or led.

## FAQs
### Q: Who is Rafi Haladjian?
A: Rafi Haladjian is a French computer scientist, entrepreneur and inventor, publicly described as a French businessman.

### Q: When and where was he born?
A: He was born on 8 June 1961 in Beirut.

### Q: Has he received any notable awards?
A: Yes. He was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour, with the honor dated 2017-04-14.

## Why They Matter
Rafi Haladjian is recorded in the provided material as a figure at the intersection of computer science, entrepreneurship and invention, and he has been publicly recognized by France with the national honor of Knight of the Legion of Honour. Inclusion in directories such as Who's Who in France and presence in structured international datasets indicate a level of public and professional recognition. These factual markers—professional roles, national citizenship, public identifiers (Twitter, Freebase), and a national honour—signal that he has had a visible career in technology and business sufficient to attract formal recognition. The documented honor (Legion of Honour) points to contributions or service considered significant by French authorities. Without these factual attestations, the public record in the provided source would contain fewer verifiable indicators of his standing in France's business and technology communities.

## Notable For
- Occupation listed as computer scientist, entrepreneur, businessperson and inventor.
- Born in Beirut on 1961-06-08 and holds French citizenship.
- Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour on 2017-04-14.
- Public social presence under the Twitter handle rafigaro.
- Recorded in Who's Who in France (biography ID 63769) and represented in international datasets (Freebase ID /m/04m_149).

## Body

### Personal details
- Full name: Rafi Haladjian.
- Family name: Haladjian.
- Alias: Раффи Аладжян (Cyrillic).
- Birth date and place: 8 June 1961, Beirut.
- Sex/gender: Male.
- Languages: French (listed as a language he speaks/writes).

### Nationality and identity
- Citizenship: France.
- Instance: Human (as recorded in structured data).
- Public description: French businessman (Wikidata description).

### Professional identity
- Occupations recorded:
  - Computer scientist.
  - Entrepreneur.
  - Businessperson.
  - Inventor.
- Fields associated: Computer science, entrepreneurship, invention, and business.

### Public presence and identifiers
- Twitter handle: rafigaro.
- Freebase identifier: /m/04m_149.
- Who's Who in France biography ID: 63769 (entry noted from 2008).
- Wikipedia title recorded: Rafi Haladjian.
- Commons category: Rafi Haladjian.
- Available public images:
  - Image with point_in_time 2008-02-07.
  - Image with point_in_time 2010-10-02.

### Honors
- Knight of the Legion of Honour (point in time: 2017-04-14).

### Records and coverage
- Sitelink count (number of linked Wikimedia projects): 8.
- Wikipedia language coverage includes: Arabic (arz), Commons, English, Persian (fa), French (fr), Armenian (hy), Italian (it), Russian (ru).

### Limits of sourced information
- The provided source material does not list specific companies, products, patents, publications, papers, standards authored, founding dates, or outcomes tied to Rafi Haladjian. The above entry is limited to facts present in the supplied structured data.

## References

1. Who's Who in France
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013