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| 1 | 1 | # Najafi Companies <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Najafi Companies | |
| 5 | − | summary: Private investment firm in Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Jahm Najafi in 2002, which has owned the Cinram media business since 2012. | |
| 5 | + | summary: Private investment firm in Phoenix, Arizona, founded in 2002 and owned by Jahm Najafi, with no company above it; it bought the Cinram disc business in 2012 and 2013. | |
| 6 | + | legal_name: Najafi Companies, LLC | |
| 7 | + | ownership_status: no_corporate_parent | |
| 8 | + | ownership_source: ^mac-10k | |
| 6 | 9 | country: US | |
| 7 | 10 | website: https://www.najafi.com/ | |
| 8 | 11 | founded: 2002 | |
| 9 | 12 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 10 | 13 | ||
| 14 | + | ## Establishments <!--establishments--> | |
| 15 | + | | mark | kind | address | country | source | note | | |
| 16 | + | | ---- | ------ | ---------------- | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | | |
| 17 | + | | | office | Phoenix, Arizona | US | ^najafi-site | Head office | | |
| 18 | + | | | office | New York | US | ^najafi-site | | | |
| 19 | + | | | office | Paris | FR | ^najafi-site | | | |
| 20 | + | <!--/establishments--> | |
| 21 | + | ||
| 22 | + | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 23 | + | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 24 | + | | --------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 25 | + | | The Najafi Companies | name | | | | | |
| 26 | + | | Najafi Companies, LLC | legal | | | | | |
| 27 | + | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 28 | + | ||
| 11 | 29 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 12 | − | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
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| 14 | − | | najafi-site | https://www.najafi.com/ | The Najafi Companies | 2026-09-21 | Najafi Companies | other | | | We are Najafi; investment philosophy | | | | | |
| 15 | − | | najafi-europe | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/najafi-companies-affiliate-acquires-cinrams-european-operations-189186481.html | Najafi Companies affiliate acquires Cinram's European operations | 2026-09-21 | Cinram Group Inc. | publication | 2013-01-31 | | Closing of the European acquisition; about Najafi Companies | | | | | |
| 30 | + | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 31 | + | | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 32 | + | | najafi-site | https://www.najafi.com/ | The Najafi Companies | 2026-09-21 | Najafi Companies | other | | | We are Najafi; investment philosophy; current and historical investments | | | | | |
| 33 | + | | najafi-europe | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/najafi-companies-affiliate-acquires-cinrams-european-operations-189186481.html | Najafi Companies affiliate acquires Cinram's European operations | 2026-09-21 | Cinram Group Inc. | publication | 2013-01-31 | | Closing of the European acquisition; about Najafi Companies | | | | | |
| 34 | + | | mac-10k | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1840148/000121390022017095/f10k2021_missionadvance.htm | Mission Advancement Corp.: annual report on Form 10-K for 2021 | 2026-09-21 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2022-04-01 | 0001213900-22-017095 | Item 10, directors and executive officers: Jahm Najafi biography | | | | | |
| 35 | + | | apollo-8k | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/929887/000119312516453049/d133358d8k.htm | Apollo Education Group, Inc.: current report on Form 8-K | 2026-09-21 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | 2016-02-08 | 0001193125-16-453049 | Item 1.01, Agreement and Plan of Merger | | | | | |
| 36 | + | | erosstx | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1532981/000119312521349748/d181108dex991.htm | ErosSTX enters into a definitive agreement for the sale of its STX Entertainment subsidiary to The Najafi Companies | 2026-09-21 | Eros STX Global Corporation | publication | 2021-12-07 | 0001193125-21-349748 | Exhibit 99.1 to the Form 6-K | | | | | |
| 16 | 37 | <!--/references--> | |
| 17 | 38 | ||
| 18 | 39 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 19 | − | Najafi Companies is a private investment firm founded by Jahm Najafi in 2002, with its head office in Phoenix, Arizona and offices in New York and Paris. It invests its own capital rather than through a fund, and holds businesses in consumer goods, retail, e-commerce, sport, media and technology.[^najafi-site] It bought Cinram's North American operations in late 2012 and, through its newly formed affiliate Cinram Group, Inc., the European operations of the same group at the end of January 2013; other media holdings named at the time were Direct Brands, Inc. and DirectGroup France.[^najafi-europe] | |
| 40 | + | Najafi Companies is a private investment firm in Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Jahm Najafi in 2002, with holdings in consumer goods, retail, e-commerce, sport, media and technology.[^najafi-site] It is not a fund: it invests internally generated capital and concentrates on a few holdings instead of diversifying, so it owes no capital to outside partners.[^najafi-europe] Jahm Najafi has been its founder, chief executive and owner since 2002, so the firm is held by an individual and has no company above it.[^mac-10k] Its media investments have included Cinram, the optical-disc manufacturer whose North American and European operations it bought in 2012 and 2013,[^najafi-europe] and STX Entertainment.[^erosstx] | |
| 41 | + | ||
| 42 | + | The firm has its head office in Phoenix and offices in New York and Paris.[^najafi-site] Its newly formed affiliate Cinram Group, Inc. closed the purchase of Cinram's North American operations in late 2012 and of the same group's European operations on 31 January 2013; the entertainment holdings named alongside Cinram at that closing were Direct Brands, Inc., one of the largest direct-to-consumer distributors of music, DVD and book-club media in the United States, and DirectGroup France.[^najafi-europe] In December 2021 Eros STX Global Corporation agreed to sell its STX Entertainment subsidiary to a Najafi affiliate for $173 million at closing.[^erosstx] The firm also stands behind Mission Advancement Corp., a special-purpose acquisition company floated in 2021 with Jahm Najafi as chief executive and co-chairman and Colin Kaepernick as co-chairman, whose sponsor's managing member, MAC Holdings 1220, LLC, is an affiliate of the firm.[^mac-10k] A 2016 Apollo Education Group merger filing names the firm as Najafi Companies, LLC, a potential co-investor in the take-private of the owner of the University of Phoenix.[^apollo-8k] The firm's own list of investments places StubHub, Book of the Month, X Games and MSP Sports Capital among its current holdings and Cinram, Columbia House, Network Solutions and Classic Vacations among its historical ones.[^najafi-site] | |
| 20 | 43 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Najafi Companies <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Najafi Companies
summary: Private investment firm in Phoenix, Arizona, founded by Jahm Najafi in 2002, which has owned the Cinram media business since 2012.
country: US
website: https://www.najafi.com/
founded: 2002
<!--/identity-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| najafi-site | https://www.najafi.com/ | The Najafi Companies | 2026-09-21 | Najafi Companies | other | | | We are Najafi; investment philosophy | | | |
| najafi-europe | https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/najafi-companies-affiliate-acquires-cinrams-european-operations-189186481.html | Najafi Companies affiliate acquires Cinram's European operations | 2026-09-21 | Cinram Group Inc. | publication | 2013-01-31 | | Closing of the European acquisition; about Najafi Companies | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Najafi Companies is a private investment firm founded by Jahm Najafi in 2002, with its head office in Phoenix, Arizona and offices in New York and Paris. It invests its own capital rather than through a fund, and holds businesses in consumer goods, retail, e-commerce, sport, media and technology.[^najafi-site] It bought Cinram's North American operations in late 2012 and, through its newly formed affiliate Cinram Group, Inc., the European operations of the same group at the end of January 2013; other media holdings named at the time were Direct Brands, Inc. and DirectGroup France.[^najafi-europe]
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