Genadi Papunidze graduated from Georgian Polytechnic Institute, Faculty of Civil and Industrial Engineering in 1989.

From 1982 to 1991 Genadi Papunidze worked as a worker at Finishing Department of #5 Construction Trust of the Ministry of Construction of Georgia.

Since 1991 he has been working at Anagi Construction Company. Until 2011 he worked as a construction foreman, and, starting from 2012, he has been a site manager at Anagi.