Padideh Shandiz International Tourism Development Company
FormerlyKavoshgaran Saham Investment Company
TypePrivate Joint-stock
IndustryRestaurants, Tourism and Construction
Founded6 February 2005 (10 years ago)
FounderMohsen Pahlavan[1]
Headquarters,
Area served
Mashhad, Tehran, Kish Island, Shandiz
Total assets200,000,000,000,000 Rials[1] ($6.3b USD)
Number of employees
30,000 (2015)[1]
Websitehttp://www.padide.com

[2]Padideh Shandiz International Tourism Development Company (known as Padideh Shandiz، پدیده شاندیز) is an Iranian private joint-stock holding company active in restaurants, tourism and construction.[1]

Controversy

The company behaves like a public company by selling stocks despite being a joint-stock. Its share price jumped from 2,000 to 100,000 Rials from 2009 to 2014. In January 2015, a prosecutor in Mashhad accused the company of a "fraud" worth $34.3 billion. Although the allegation was denied by the company's chairman, it resulted to a 20% share price value drop. The company is currently controversially under investigation by Iranian Judiciary.[1] The company is allegedly manipulating the shares.[3]

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Padideh uses massive Advertisement on its projects, and is reported to have a ⅓ share in Iranian airports advertisements, as well as paying 5.1% of IRIB income from advertisements.[4]

Padideh Khorasan Football Club

In July 2013 Padideh Shandiz company bought Azadegan League club Mes Sarcheshmeh and renamed it as Padideh Khorasan Football Club.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bozorgmehr, Najmeh (January 26, 2015). "High-profile fraud case rocks Iran". Financial Times. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  2. Varis, Autors (2020). "Fòrum de Recerca, 25". doi:10.6035/forumrecerca.2020.25. hdl:10234/187991. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. Kamdar, Nazanin (January 6, 2015). "پدیده شاندیز؛ کلاهبرداری به اندازه یک هشتم بودجه کشور". Rooz Online. Archived from the original on April 23, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
  4. Omidvar, Venus (January 1, 2015). "پدیده شاندیز، تصويري از يك اقتصاد فاسد". Iran Wire. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
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