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Babak Zanjani

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Babak Zanjani (Persian: بابک زنجانی, born 12 March 1974) is an Iranian billionaire and business magnate. He was the managing director of the UAE-based Sorinet Group, one of Iran's largest business conglomerates. In late 2013, he was arrested and accused of withholding $2.7 billion of government money owned by the Ministry of Petroleum, while facilitating Iran's oil revenue, which was hindered by the sanctions against Iran. Zanjani was convicted of corruption and sentenced to death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Babak Zanjani is the 827th most popular businessperson (down from 785th in 2024), the 505th most popular biography from Iran (down from 500th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Babak Zanjani ranks 827 out of 847. Before him are Zeev Suraski, Ghassan Hitto, Eric Yuan, Ahmed Wali Karzai, José Andrés, and Galina Timchenko. After him are Carol Bartz, Glenn Beck, Gary Vaynerchuk, Rick Snyder, Annika Falkengren, and Scooter Braun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Babak Zanjani ranks 628. Before him are Vyacheslav Voronin, Ana Patricia Rojo, Mattias Asper, José Clayton, Roberto Locatelli, and Khatuna Narimanidze. After him are Mansour Abbas, Mark Tremonti, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Patrice Désilets, Aravind Adiga, and Vassiliy Jirov.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Babak Zanjani ranks 505 out of 631. Before him are Mohsen Namjoo (1976), Tahmineh Milani (1960), Ebrahim Hatamikia (1961), Ehsan Hajsafi (1990), Taraneh Javanbakht (1974), and Alireza Firouzja (2003). After him are Killing of Neda Agha-Soltan (null), Helly Luv (1988), Karim Ansarifard (1990), Atousa Pourkashiyan (1988), Abbas Jadidi (1969), and Masoud Shojaei (1984).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Iran

Among businesspeople born in Iran, Babak Zanjani ranks 1. 

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