Javad Marandi

Javad Marandi
Born January 1968 (age 50)
Tehran, Iran
Residence Switzerland
Occupation Businessman and property developer
Spouse(s) Narmina Marandi (nee Alizadeh)
Children 3

Javad Marandi (born February 1968) is a British businessman and property developer, with investments in commercial and residential real estate.

Early life

He was born in February 1968[1] in Tehran, Iran. He moved to Britain in 1979, and studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering.[2] He then qualified as a UK chartered accountant, at Coopers & Lybrand.[3] In the 1990s, he worked as a business development manager for the Coca-Cola Company in Central Asia, and the area manager for emerging markets at Phillip Morris international, before starting his own businesses.[2]

Investments

Property

Marandi has invested in numerous luxury establishments within the hospitality sector, including hotels such as Soho Farmhouse, Soho House group’s country hotel and club in Oxfordshire, England, Chais Monnet, a 120-room luxury hotel, restaurant and retail development in Cognac, France, Sofitel Brussels, and CenterParc in Moselle, France.[2][4] He has also invested in restaurants such as Shirvan, Michelin starred-chef Akrame Benallal’s high-end restaurant on Place d'Alma, in central Paris.[5]

Marandi is both an investor and developer in the UK property market. His latest residential developments include Knight's House in Knightsbridge, completed and fully sold in 2016, and Kingwood, a £150m development of ten apartments across five former townhouses on Hans Place, next to Harrods in Knightsbridge, in 2017.[6]

Retail

In 2014 Marandi took a majority stake in Wed2B,[7] a UK mid-market wedding apparel retailer, focused on regional UK towns and cities.[8] Since his involvement in the business, the company has expanded from three to over 30 stores.[9] In December 2017, WED2B was placed eighteenth in the Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100. It ranks Britain's fastest growing privately held companies by sales growth over the last 3 years.[10]

Logistics

Marandi holds a controlling stake in Roth Gerueste, a Swiss market scaffolding and hi-tech building materials manufacturer[11]

Philanthropy

The Marandi Foundation supports children's health and education; and cultural history and art.[12] Marandi is also Chairman of the Advisory Board of The Watercolour World, a charity working to provide online public access to thousands of documentary watercolours from all over the world.[13] The goal of the charity is to collate a unique visual history of the world.[14] HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duchess of Cornwall are joint patrons of the Watercolour World, which is chaired by Fred Hohler.[15]

Personal life

Marandi owns a home in Eaton Square in London's Belgravia worth about £22.5 million, and is one of Azerbaijan's richest men. He has "two private jets and a passion for vintage wine".[16]

He is a donor to the Conservative Party (UK).[17][18]

His wife Narmina is the daughter of Ali Alizadeh, an oncologist in Baku, Azerbaijan.[3] Narmina is an investor in Emilia Wickstead, the London womenswear house, and a patron of the British Fashion Trust.[19][20]

WED2B website

References

  1. ↑ "KSJ THEATRE INVESTMENTS LIMITED – Officers (free information from Companies House)". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Ashton, James. "Javad Marandi: from Iranian immigrant to Soho House investor". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Javad Marandi: British Investment Guru Reveals His Venture Secrets |". Lux-mag.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Communiqué : Début du chantier d'un nouvel hôtel de luxe à Cognac". Tendance Hotellerie. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Akrame Benallal launches Shirvan Café Métisse in Paris". Luxury Lifestyle Magazine. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "Why Knightsbridge is still London's hottest postcode". Lux Mag. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Hipwell, Deirdre. "A wedding dress with all the frills but less expense". The Times. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
  8. ↑ Kilgannon, Laurence. "Hull opening for expanding Wed2B". Insider Media. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  9. ↑ "Store finder". WED2B. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "WED2B". Fast Track 100. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  11. ↑ Rigby, Rhymer. "Roth Gerüste: Advanced Scaffolding Secrets Revealed". ScaffMag. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  12. ↑ "The Marandi Foundation". Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  13. ↑ "The Watercolour World- The Project". The Watercolour World. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  14. ↑ Harris, Miriam. "Thousands of Historical Watercolours to be Available Online in a Digital Archive". Digital Arts. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  15. ↑ Low, Valentine. "Former diplomat Fred Hohler will show 30,000 watercolours as a record of how the world once looked". The Times. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  16. ↑ Jim Armitage (22 December 2013). "The Duke of Westminster, the property tycoon and the missing millions:". The Independent. Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  17. ↑ David Pegg, Helena Bengtsson and Holly Watt, "Revealed: the tycoons and world leaders who built secret UK property empires", The Guardian, 5 April 2016
  18. ↑ Rajeev Syal, "Conservatives raise 10 times more than Labour in late donations", The Guardian, 5 May 2015
  19. ↑ "Emilia Wickstead's A/W collection impresses at London Fashion Week". Lux Mag. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  20. ↑ "British Fashion Trust". British Fashion Council. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
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