Defenders Detachment

Ardeshir Radpour is an honorary member of the Defenders Detachment. He was inducted on January 24th, 2022.

Ardeshir Radpour was born in Tehran Iran in November of 1969 and moved to the United States in 1977. As a Zoroastrian Persian sharing a tradition going back to the time of Cyrus the Great, Ardeshir has strived to keep alive and promote the proud history of the Ancient Persians. His undergraduate degrees from the University of Southern California were in Political Science and History with emphasis in Business and a graduate degree from California State University Northridge in Political Science.

While attending USC, he was the captain of the Equestrian Polo Teams and upon his graduation began to play professionally and still maintains a professional status. From the fundamentals of Dressage and polo to the Cavalry arts, Ardeshir spent everyday riding and training to achieve a classical and formal discipline in Horsemanship. After completing his Bachelor’s degrees at USC, Mr. Radpour became the assistant coach and in 1999 was promoted to the Head Coaching Position. Mr. Radpour was also one of the most renowned Riders of Traveler, the University of Southern California’s Trojan Mascot.

Mr. Radpour is an entertainment industry professional with an extensive background in film and television. His networks in various departments and his previous business history have forged a natural path towards film production. Prior to a full time career in the entertainment field, Mr. Radpour was the Managing Director and Founding Partner of Tridian Design and Development. Tridian was one of the first and leading Internet Design and Development firms in Los Angeles. Tridian maintained a client list of Fortune 500 clients ranging from top tier entertainment and media, automotive, manufacturing, retail, education, hospitality, manufacturing and defense contractors.

In 2008 Mr. Radpour made a full time transition into the entertainment industry pursuing a path towards film production. In 2011 Mr. Radpour met and joined forces with Gunnar Ryan Wiik, the founder of WR Entertainment and was announced as one of the in house producers for their production list of feature films. Mr. Radpour has built an extensive network of extremely high net worth and influential individuals within the financial, polo and entertainment industries. For more information on Ardeshir Radpour please visit:
http://www.radpour.com