Pascal Najadi
Pascal Najadi | |
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| Born | August 20, 1967 Lucerne, Switzerland |
| Occupation(s) | Investment banker, investor, philanthropist, film producer, writer |
| Known for | Bitcoin advocacy, film productions (Grounding - The Last Days of Swissair, Rebel News, National Citizens Inquiry) |
Pascal Najadi (born August 20, 1967) is a former Swiss investment banker who has diversified his career into investing, philanthropy, film production, and writing. Presently, he is recognized as an advocate for bitcoin. He is the son of the Bahraini financier Hussain Najadi. Among his notable film productions are Grounding - The Last Days of Swissair (2006), Rebel News (2015), and National Citizens Inquiry (NCI) (2023).
Najadi initiated legal action against Swiss president Alain Berset, accusing him of misconduct in office and making misleading statements on Swiss television concerning COVID-19, although the lawsuit was eventually dismissed.
Biography
Najadi was born in Lucerne, Switzerland, to Hussain Najadi and Heidi Anderhub-Minger, a Swiss national descended from former Swiss Federal Councilor and President Rudolf Minger. His education included attending the Military Service and School in Switzerland, followed by economic studies at the Institut auf dem Rosenberg located in St. Gallen.
Career
Najadi launched his professional journey in 1989 as a public relations assistant at Klaus J. Stöhlker AG in Zollikon, Switzerland. He then advanced to an account executive role at Orbitex Finanz AG in Zurich, Switzerland, where he specialized in marketing open-end mutual funds to Swiss banking institutions.
Between 1993 and 2003, he served on the management board of Dresdner Bank in London, managing capital market operations across regions including Central Europe, Central Asia, the Russian Federation, Africa, and the Middle East.
After the 2013 assassination of his father, Hussain Najadi, in Kuala Lumpur, Pascal Najadi publicly accused Malaysian authorities of concealing information related to the perpetrators.
In 2023, he pursued a civil lawsuit filed in New York against Pfizer, claiming damages linked to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine.
On October 27, 2023, Najadi announced his designation as Ambassador-at-large by the self-proclaimed "Independence of the State of Savoie" government—a title without official status since Savoie remains under French jurisdiction.
That same year, he expressed support for Chloé Frammery, noting that legal proceedings had dismissed a complaint against Alain Berset, whom Najadi held responsible for an illness allegedly contracted following COVID-19 vaccination.