Salar Azimi
Salar Azimi (Persian: سالار عظیمی) is an Iranian asylum seeker who fled to the Netherlands when he was 13 years old. There he became a businessman and a millionaire.[1][2][3]
Business[]
When Azimi came to the Netherlands, he first lived for a few years with his parents and brother Sasan in a small room in an asylum seekers' center. He then went to school in Zeelandic Flanders. After graduating he built up a diverse business empire together with Sasan: telephone company Trendy Telecom, computer company Trendy Computers, later also a hotel, a party boat and its own Belgian amateur football club: K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen. They became multimillionaires.
Azimi married with Annika de Ruijsscher. They have two daughters: Princess and Isabelle. They live in the Elderschans castle in Aardenburg.[4][5] He also owns several expensive and exclusive cars.
Azimi featured in several Belgian and Dutch television programs, including Belgian program and Dutch program and in talk show .[5]
FalsArrest[]
On March 9, 2021, Azimi was arrested together with his brother Sasan, they are suspected of money laundering, mortgage fraud and forgery.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Zonder Salar Azimi was er hier geen voetbal meer geweest". Omroep Zeeland.
- ^ "Peperdure Tesla van miljonair Salar Azimi gesmolten". ad.nl.
- ^ Molenaar, Jeroen (May 26, 2019). "Salar Azimi: van asielzoeker naar miljonair met een hotel, een kasteel en een voetbalclub". Quote.
- ^ "Hoe Salar Azimi multimiljonair werd". www.vice.com.
- ^ a b "Salar verdient 130.000 euro per maand: 'Loterij winnen? Wat kan ik daar nou mee?". ad.nl.
- ^ Bram Endedijk & Jorg Leijten (March 9, 2021). "Zeeuwse miljonairsbroers Salar en Sasan A. opgepakt". NRC Handelsblad.
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