Asadollah Asgaroladi (Persian: اسدالله عسگراولادی; 3 March 1934 – 13 September 2019) was an Iranian businessman with business interests in exports, real estate.
[8] Asgaroladi is a philanthropist who has shared his wealth generously supporting many humanitarian causes, notably constructing hospitals, health centres, schools and mosques.
During this period his brother Habibollah Asgaroladi was the commerce minister responsible for handing out trade licenses to obtain the lower exchange rate.
He ran as a candidate for Mayor of Tehran in 2017 and has played an active role in politics as one of the government's most senior economic policy advisors.
[11] According to Forbes Magazine, Asgaroladi was the secret business partner of Swiss-based US-Israeli billionaire and fugitive Marc Rich in helping to bypass U.S. sanctions against Iran after the Iranian revolution.