A native of Aleppo, Syria, Krikor Istanboulli was a board member of the Italian Armenian Union from 1994 to 1998 and of AGBU Milan from 1990 to 1998. He received his elementary and high school education at the AGBU Lazar Najarian-Calouste Gulbenkian School in Aleppo and his university education in Lebanon, where he lived until 1982. Mr. Istanboulli is the founder and CEO of the multinational luxury jewelry company Art.Or.SpA and currently resides in Milan, Italy.