Asghar Gahndchi (Persian: اصغر قندچی; 1928 – July 2019) was an Iranian entrepreneur known as the father of Iran's truck industry.
He was the founder of Iran Kaveh (Saipa Diesel), the first trailer and truck manufacturing company without a foreign-assisted assembly line.
Prior to the Islamic revolution in Iran, the shah's regime was interested in boosting the Iranian industry.
As a result, the tendency was to favor companies with higher Iranian-built content.
His company soon grew to 1200 workers and he reached a capacity of roughly 2000 trucks per year.