Vahid Alaghband
British trader
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Vahid Alaghband (Persian: وحید علاقبند, born 20 March 1952[1]) is a British-Iranian international commodities trader and entrepreneur based in London. He is founder and chairman of Mayfair-based Balli Group PLC.[2] In 2008 the Sunday Times Rich List estimated his personal fortune at £130 million.[citation needed][3]
He was educated in Switzerland and the US, where he received his BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Cornell University, He is a member of the Clinton Global Initiative, a trustee of Asia House London and an International Council Member of Asia Society New York.
Vahid Alaghband was formerly Chair of The Iran Heritage Foundation, a non-political UK registered charity with the mission to promote and preserve the history, languages and cultures of Iran and the Persian world.