The design and editing app has been downloaded more than 1 billion times across 180 countries. Ten years later, Avoyan’s act of parental encouragement has exploded into San Francisco-based Picsart, one of the world’s most popular apps. “I wanted to give her a positive environment and give her resources to empower her creative talent.” “It reminded me of my situation when I gave up art for another career because I didn't get the right support.” So Avoyan built a mobile app offering a few tech tools to help his daughter improve her pictures. She was about to give up,” says Avoyan, 56. She had posted a drawing on social media and received harsh comments. One day in 2011 his 11-year-old daughter, Zara, came to him despondent. He remained an art lover and pushed his children to pursue it. He became wealthy and one the leaders in Armenia's burgeoning tech scene. Over the next 30 years Avoyan built and sold three software start-ups.
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