Nigel Farage's trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire

"Nigel Farage's trip to Davos this week was hosted and paid for by the $10bn family trust of an Iranian-born billionaire, the Guardian has learned. The leader of Reform UK has been touring Davos this week, giving speeches in which he pledged to tax banks and fight the globalists. But in a surprising entry, he is listed on the programme for the World Economic Forum as a member of parliament and a representative of HP Trust,"

"which describes itself as the family office of Sasan Ghandehari with a portfolio value in excess of $10bn (7.4bn). A representative for the trust said Farage had been invited to Davos by Ghandehari, a venture capitalist, as an honorary and unpaid adviser to his impact investment portfolio focused on philanthropic activities, particularly in the Middle East. He confirmed that the costs associated with Farage's registration for the World Economic Forum and his hotel accommodation in Davos were paid by Ghandehari."

"Ghandehari, now a British citizen, is the son of the late Iranian-Kazakh billionaire Hourieh Peramaa, who once owned one of London's most expensive 50m properties. A London-based art collector, he is the representative of a firm suing Christie's auction house over the provenance of a Picasso painting previously owned by someone convicted of a drugs offence. Reform UK said Farage did not work for HP Trust and any declarations about who had paid for the trip would be registered in due course."

Nigel Farage's Davos attendance was hosted and paid for by HP Trust, the family office of Sasan Ghandehari, with a portfolio value over $10bn. Farage appears on the World Economic Forum programme listed as a member of parliament and a representative of HP Trust. A trust representative said Ghandehari invited Farage as an honorary, unpaid adviser to an impact investment portfolio focused on philanthropic activities in the Middle East, and that Ghandehari paid Farage's WEF registration and hotel costs. Ghandehari is a British citizen, son of Hourieh Peramaa, and an art collector involved in legal action against Christie's. A company linked to the family donated £200,000 to Reform.

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