Sam Nazarian

Sam Nazarian (; born 1975) is a Persian-American businessman, investor and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman and CEO of SBE Entertainment Group. Biography Early life Nazarian was born to a Persian Jewish family in Tehran in 1975. The Nazarian family immigrated to the United States following the Iranian Revolution. He is the son of Younes Nazarian who was an early investor in Qualcomm. He was raised in Beverly Hills, California, where he attended Beverly Hills High School and later studied at the University of Southern California. The Beverly Hills High School basketball court was renamed Sam Nazarian Court after Nazarian made a $200,000 donation to the Beverly Hills Athletic Alumni Association. Business career In 1998, Nazarian founded Platinum Wireless, a telecommunications company that distributed Nextel products. He sold the company three years later, and began investing in real estate with his father, and founded 3Wall Development in 1999. In 2002, he founded SBE Entertainment Group.