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Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by major466(m): 11:35pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
The world of football has been swept by rich owners over the last decade. Absurdly rich people purchasing the clubs make it possible for some clubs to gain advantage over others, but so far it has been strongly pronounced for couple of clubs. 5. Lakshmi Mittal (India) Total assets: $16.5 Billion, up $500 million from a year ago. Indian steel aristocrat Lakshmi Mittal is a long-term London inhabitant; he and his child Aditya were among the light bearers for the 2012 Olympics Torch Relay. Laskshmi and his family possess 33% of Queens Park Rangers, which broke their own transfer record twice, using over $30 million to purchase striker Loic Remy and Chris Samba. At present, the west London club is in 15th position of the English Premier League. Tony Fernandes, who runs Asia’s biggest plan carrier, additionally claims stake in QPR, which was once possessed via elite Bernard Ecclestone.
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Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by major466(m): 11:45pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
4. Alisher Usmanov (Russia) Total assets: $17.6 Billion, down $500 million from a year ago. Club: Arsenal Football Club (England) The wealthiest man in Russia, Alisher Usmanov, has his fingers in numerous pots: he got rich in metals (iron and steel), yet now has premiums in everything from Silicon Valley new businesses to Russia’s biggest business corporation Kommersant. He sold piece of his stake in Facebook at the time of the 2012 IPO, pocketing $1.3 billion. Usmanov and extremely rich accomplice Farhad Moshiri, who has a fortune of $2.8 billion, likewise own stakes in FC Arsenal. American Stanley Kroenke, with an expected total assets of $5 billion, is the controlling shareholder of FC Arsenal. English press asserts that a Middle East consortium is setting up an offer to purchase out Arsenal for around $30,000 an offer, totalling over $2 billion. 1 Like
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Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by major466(m): 11:48pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
3. George Soros (United States) Total assets: $19.2 Billion, down $800 million from a year ago. Club: Manchester United (England) Extremely rich speculator George Soros is known for having burned up all available resources in England. Presently, he’s owns the UK’s biggest soccer club, Manchester United. In August 2012, Soros uncovered a 7.85% stake in the football club, through his speculation firm, Soros Fund Management. Billionaire Malcolm Glazer is the club’s official holder. He took Old Trafford public just last year still holding 98% of voting share and took in a profit of $100 million. The stock surged more than 33% in the accompanying 6 months. Manchester United turned more than $3 billion in January 2013.
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Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by chachazzy(m): 11:56pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
Bia nwokem... I thought you said five? You better come complete the list now or... |
Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by major466(m): 11:57pm On Jan 15, 2015 |
2. Amancio Ortega (Spain) Total assets: $57 Billion, up $19.5 billion from a year ago. Club: Deportivo La Coruna (Spain). Spain’s Amancio Ortega, the design kingpin who established the Spanish retail titan Inditex, has moved into the main three among the world’s wealthiest shockingly. Ortega can frequently be appeared to be in the tribunes of stadium Riazor, home of Deportivo La Coruna. A year ago his little girl’s million dollar wedding was to begin 90 minutes late on account of a match between his worshipped group and Barcelona B. Ortega is the year’s greatest gainer, up $19.5 billion. On the other hand, his adored soccer group, known as”el Turco,” has been the greatest failure in the Spanish League as such, at present in the last position.
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Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by major466(m): 12:05am On Jan 16, 2015 |
1. Carlos Slim Helu (Mexico) Total assets: $73 Billion, up $4billion from a year ago. Clubs: Club Pachuca, Club Leon (Mexico) and Real Oviedo (Spain) Carlos Slim is the world’s wealthiest man for the fourth year consecutively. He made his fortune in telecom however didn’t stop there. His inescapable realm is additionally included in Football. In September 2012, he purchased stakes in two Mexican clubs, Club Pachuca and Club Leon. In November 2012, Slim obtained piece of battling Spanish soccer group Real Oviedo. and with all his wealth he tops the list of 11 Elite Richest Football Billionaires. Some of the rich folks enjoying a net worth right in the ten figure range tend to slide on and off the annual Forbes billionaires list, depending on which side of the billion dollar ledger their assets sit on at the time.
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Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by major466(m): 12:06am On Jan 16, 2015 |
chachazzy:Done. |
Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by chachazzy(m): 12:12am On Jan 16, 2015 |
major466:thank you so much, never knew Arsenal FC is own by a Russian and Man united by an American. |
Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by major466(m): 12:16am On Jan 16, 2015 |
chachazzy:Me too. Just surprised Chelsea owner Abramovic is not on the list. |
Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by Emisco1(m): 8:08pm On Jan 16, 2015 |
so dangote can own a football club too. WUNDAFUL |
Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by drss(m): 1:46pm On Jan 20, 2015 |
Wow! So Arsenal is own by a Russian? I never knew that before. |
Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by drss(m): 1:48pm On Jan 20, 2015 |
Emisco1:He almost bought an English club just few years ago. The deal fell apart abruptly. |
Re: Top 5 Richest Football Club Owners by major466(m): 4:44pm On Jan 20, 2015 |
drss:The club owners and the supporters never liked the idea of their club being sold to Africans. |
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