Kia Joorabchian

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Kia Joorabchian
Born: July, 1971
Tehran, Iran
Occupation: Businessman, Founder and President of Media Sports Investment
Net worth: £?
Website: www.mediasportsinvestments.com

Kia Joorabchian (born in July, 1971 in Tehran, Iran) is a British-Iranian businessman.

He is the head of Media Sports Investment, 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. 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.

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