Kia Joorabchian
Kia Joorabchian | |
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| Born | July, 1971 |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, Founder and President of Media Sports Investments |
| Website | www.mediasportsinvestments.com |
Kia Joorabchian (born in July, 1971 in Tehran, Iran) is a British-Iranian businessman.
He is the president of Media Sports Investments, which has a partnership with Brazilian football club Corinthians. His company was behind the controversial transfer of Carlos Tévez and Javier Mascherano to West Ham United in August 2006. He was previously in take-over talks with West Ham, which collapsed in early November 2006. Following this he was alleged to be considering a bid for Wolverhampton Wanderers, having previously reportedly had a bid turned down by owner Sir Jack Hayward. However, this was during Wolves single season in the Premiership when a higher price was wanted.
He is frequently associated with Pini Zahavi and the two have a close buisness relationship.
External Links
- Guardian: Joorabchian oils the wheels that make the deals
- Guardian: Is this man the new Abramovich or is he a front for the real thing?
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