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Seat of the MuseMuse #1 - Trading the office for the court: How Houman Ashrafzadeh built a Padel club from the ground upThis week’s Muse is Houman Ashrafzadeh, a serial entrepreneur best known for co-founding the salad bar chain Urban Greens and, more recently, launching Padium, London’s premier padel club backed by Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon.In this episode, we explore Houman’s early days in the corporate world and the turning points that led him to entrepreneurship. We dive into his journey, from building Urban Greens to creating Padium, and discuss what it truly takes to establish a padel club from the ground up—along with all the highs and lows that come with it...
2024-10-0832 min
Sports Management Podcast#145 Houman Ashrafzadeh - Founder of Padium, backed by Spotify's co-founderWelcome to episode 145 of Sports Management Podcast. Today’s guest is Houman Ashrafzadeh – the founder of Padium a “London’s premium padel club, in the heart of Canary Wharf”. Houman is a serial entrepreneur who in addition to Padium also has founded Urban Greens Salad bar, Coffydoor and 360 Capital. His latest venture, Padium, is backed by Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon, who is a big padel enthusiast as well. In this episode we spoke about: The padel landscape in the UK Learnings from “The Swedish Model” Challenges from starting a restaurant just before covid Why he chose Canar...
2024-04-2232 min
A Different PerspectiveA Different Perspective with Houman Ashrafzadeh, Co-Founder of Urban Greens and Founder of PadiumIn this week's episode Nick talks to Houman AshrafzadehHouman is a serial entrepreneur with diverse experiences in business, finance, and management consulting, Houman has developed a unique skill set and a problem-solving approach to business challenges. Houman has current roles as Co-Founder of Urban Greens and CEO & Founder of Padium. Nick and Houman discuss his career start moving from Sweden to London to study and Houman’s move into finance and brokering. Houman later found that he needed to strike out on his own setting up his brokerage firm 360 in 2013. Now in 2024 Houm...
2024-04-0942 min
The Ankura PodcastThe Business Behind Sport: Houman Ashrafzadeh, Founder of PadiumPadel is one of the fastest-growing sports in the world, with much of its growth being driven bottom-up by investors. One of those investors, Houman Ashrafzadeh, Founder of Padium, joins Jonny Gray on this episode of #TheBusinessBehindSport to discuss the rise and growth of padel in the UK and worldwide over recent years. Together they discuss: • What makes padel different from other racket sports • The development of the governance of the sport • The commercial opportunities with padel
2024-03-2832 min
The Padel PodcastEpisode 17, Houman Ashrafzadeh (Padium)Houman Ashrafzadeh is an Iranian-Swedish entrepreneur, who came up with the brilliant idea to put central London on the padel map!
He is part owner of the Urban Greens healthy food restaurants and has massive ambitions with Padium!
Great chat and play some padel in Padium!
2023-08-1836 min