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Salar Azimi

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Salar Azimi (Persian: سالار عظیمی; born 21 September 1982[1]) is an Iranian asylum seeker who fled to the Netherlands when he was 28 years old. There he became a businessman and a millionaire.[2][3][4]

Business

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When Azimi came to the Netherlands, he first lived with his parents and brother Sasan in a small room in an asylum seekers' center for a few years. 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 his own Belgian amateur football club: K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen. Together they became multimillionaires.

Azimi is married with Annika de Ruijsscher. They have two daughters: Princess and Isabelle. They live in the Elderschans castle in Aardenburg.[5][6] He also owns several expensive and exclusive cars.

Azimi featured in several Belgian and Dutch television programs, including Belgian program The Sky is the Limit [nl] and Dutch program Waar doen ze het van? and in talk show Jinek [nl].[6]

Arrest

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On March 9, 2021, Azimi was arrested together with his brother Sasan, they are suspected of money laundering, mortgage fraud and forgery.[7]

References

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  1. ^ Agenda voor Buitengewone Algemene Vergadering van Aandeelhouders van Lavide Holding N.V
  2. ^ "Zonder Salar Azimi was er hier geen voetbal meer geweest". Omroep Zeeland. March 2020.
  3. ^ "Peperdure Tesla van miljonair Salar Azimi gesmolten". ad.nl.
  4. ^ Molenaar, Jeroen (May 26, 2019). "Salar Azimi: van asielzoeker naar miljonair met een hotel, een kasteel en een voetbalclub". Quote.
  5. ^ "Hoe Salar Azimi multimiljonair werd". www.vice.com. October 11, 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Salar verdient 130.000 euro per maand: 'Loterij winnen? Wat kan ik daar nou mee?". ad.nl.
  7. ^ Bram Endedijk & Jorg Leijten (March 9, 2021). "Zeeuwse miljonairsbroers Salar en Sasan A. opgepakt". NRC.