List of English football club owners

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This is a list of the current owners of English football clubs, as well as (in some cases) their estimated net worth and source of wealth. All figures are listed in millions rather than billions. For example, £1,000m would be one billion (1,000,000,000) pounds. Only shareholders with at least a 10% stake are listed.

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Premier League[edit]

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Club Owner(s) Estimated combined net worth Source of wealth
Arsenal
(more information)		 United States Stan Kroenke (66.83%)
Russia Alisher Usmanov &
Iran Farhad Moshiri (29.99%)
 £1,800m[1]
£12,400m[1]
£1,100m[1]		 Kroenke Sports Enterprises
Mining, lumber and investment
Steel and energy
Aston Villa
(more information)		 United States Randy Lerner £630m[1] MBNA Corporation, Progressive Corporation
Chelsea
(more information)		 Russia Roman Abramovich £14,600m[1] Oil and industry
Everton
(more information)		 England Bill Kenwright CBE (25.84%)
England Robert Earl (23.27%)
England Jon Woods (18.92%)[2]		 £33m[1]
£240m[1]
?		 Theatre production
Planet Hollywood
Ocean Software
Fulham
(more information)		 Egypt Mohamed Al-Fayed £1,300m[1] Hôtel Ritz Paris, Harrods
Liverpool
(more information)		 United States John W. Henry[3]
United StatesLeBron James		 £600m[1] John W. Henry & Company (futures trading), Fenway Sports Group
NBA
Manchester City
(more information)		 United Arab Emirates Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan £20,000m[1] Oil and industry, investment
Manchester United
(more information)		 United States Malcolm Glazer £1,640m[1] First Allied Corporation, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Newcastle United
(more information)		 England Mike Ashley £1,370m[1] Sports Direct, Republic (retailer), Lillywhites, Slazenger
Norwich City
(more information)		 England Delia Smith and
Wales Michael Wynn-Jones (53%)
England Michael Foulger (15%)
?
?		 Food industry
Publishing
Poultry
Queens Park Rangers
(more information)		 Malaysia Tony Fernandes (66%)
India Lakshmi Mittal (33%)[4]		 £208m[1]
£11,800m[1]		 Air Asia, Tune Group
ArcelorMittal, Caterham F1 Team
Reading
(more information)		 Russia Anton Zingarevich (51%)
England Sir John Madejski (48%)[5]		 Unknown[6]
£175m[1]		 [7]
Auto Trader, Trader Media Group
Southampton Switzerland The Executors of Markus Liebherr's Estate[8] £3,000m[1] Inheritance
Stoke City England Peter Coates £750m[1] Bet365
Sunderland United States Ellis Short[9] £1,000m[1] Lone Star Funds, Skibo Castle
Swansea City Wales Mr. & Mrs. Martin Morgan (22.5%)
South Africa Brian Katzen (20%)
Wales Swansea City Supporters Trust (20%)
Wales Huw Jenkins (12.5%)
Wales Robert Davies (10%)[10]		 £32m[1]
?
?
?
?
 Property, hotels and travel
?
Investment trust
?
?
Tottenham Hotspur
(more information)		 England Joe Lewis (85%) £1,937m[11] Foreign exchange and investment
Wigan Athletic England Dave Whelan £190m[1] DW Sports Fitness, JJB Sports
West Bromwich Albion
(more information)		 England Jeremy Peace (59.8%)
England Geoff Hale (10.4%)[12]		 ?
?		 Investment
Property development[13]
West Ham United
(more information)		 Iceland CB Holding ehf (35%)
England David Gold (30.6%)
Wales David Sullivan (30.6%)		 ?
£250m[1]
£400m[1]		 Straumur Investment Bank
Gold Group International
Daily Sport, Sunday Sport

Championship[edit]

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Club Owner(s) Estimated combined net worth Source of wealth
Barnsley England Patrick Cryne £32m[1] iSOFT[1]
Birmingham City
(more information)		 British Hong Kong Carson Yeung (25.43%)
Lui Xingcheng (11.27%)[14]		 ?
?		 Grandtop International Holdings
?
Blackburn Rovers India Balaji & Venkatesh Rao (99.9%) £500m[1] Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group
Blackpool England Owen Oyston (80%)
Latvia Valeri Belokon (25%)		 £80m[1]
£150m[1]		 Publishing, Media & Estate Agency
Finance, Media, Food Industry & Mining
Bolton Wanderers England Eddie Davies CBE £40m[1] Strix[1]
Brighton & Hove Albion England Tony Bloom (75.61%)[1] £50m[1] Online Gambling, Real Estate, Property, Land Development & Investments
Bristol City England Stephen Lansdown £557m[1] Hargreaves Lansdown
Burnley England Barry Kilby ? Media
Cardiff City Malaysia Vincent Tan (36.1%)
Michael Isaac (11%)[15]		 £757m[1]
?		 Berjaya Group
?
Charlton Athletic Spain Tony Jimenez (47.6% of 90% holding company)
England Michael Slater (23% of 90% holding company)
England Richard Murray (10%)[16]		 ?
?
?		 Property, hotels and golf courses
?
Avesco Group
Crystal Palace England Steve Parish
England Martin Long
England Stephen Browett
England Jeremy Hosking[17]		 ?
?
?
£193m[1]		 Tag Worldwide[18]
Churchill Insurance
Farr Vintners
Marathon Asset Management
Derby County United States Andrew Appleby
United States Bill Luby
Canada Jeff Mallett
United States Tom Ricketts
Tom Vertin
Canada W. Brett Wilson[19]		 ?
?
?
?
?
£1,500m[20]		 General Sports and Entertainment
Seaport Capital
Yahoo!
Incapital, TD Ameritrade
?
FirstEnergy Capital Corp, Wilson Mackie & Co
Huddersfield Town England Dean Hoyle £154m[1] Card Factory
Hull City Egypt Assem Allam £650m[1] Allam Marine
Ipswich Town England Marcus Evans £625m[1] Marcus Evans Group
Leeds United Bahrain Gulf Finance House[21] ? Gulf Finance House
Leicester City Thailand Vichai Raksriaksorn £132m[1] King Power International Group
Middlesbrough England Steve Gibson £135m[1] Bulkhaul Limited
Millwall United States John Berylson
Richard Smith[22]		 £135m
?		 Chestnut Hill Ventures
?
Nottingham Forest Kuwait The Al Hasawi Family[23] £50m Al-Hasawi Group
Peterborough United Republic of Ireland Darragh MacAnthony ? Property Investment
Sheffield Wednesday Serbia Milan Mandaric ? Lika Corporation, Sanmina-SCI Corporation, St. Louis Storm
Watford Italy Giampaolo Pozzo[24] ? Businessman
Wolverhampton Wanderers England Steve Morgan £390m[1] Redrow

League One[edit]

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Club Owner(s) Estimated combined net worth Source of wealth
Bournemouth Russia Maxim Demin (50%)[25]
England Mr. & Mrs. Eddie Mitchell (50%)[26]		 ?
?		 Petrochemicals trading
Seven Developments
Bury England Save Our Shakers Trust (63.8%)
England The Bury F.C. Supporters Society Ltd (Forever Bury) (11%)[27]		 ?
?		 Investment trusts
Carlisle United
(more information)		 ? ? ?
Colchester United England Robbie Cowling[28] £20m[1] JobServe
Coventry City FinlandUnited States Joy Seppala &
Dermot Coleman[29]		 ?
?		 Sisu Capital
Crawley Town England The Executors of Bruce Winfield's Estate[30] ? Freight transport and inheritance from marketing services[31]
Crewe Alexandra England N. Hassall (32% of 60% holding company)
England D. Potts (23% of 60% holding company)
England RJ Rowlinson (25%)[32]		 ?
?
£20m[1]		 ?
?
The Rowlinson Group
Doncaster Rovers England John Ryan
Scotland Dick Watson (26%)[1]
England Terry Bramall CBE[33]		 £28m[1]
?
?		 MYA Cosmetic Surgery
Construction[1]
Keepmoat[34]
Hartlepool United
(more information)		 England Ken Hodcroft[35] ? Increased Oil Recovery
Leyton Orient England Barry Hearn[36] £20m[1] Matchroom Sport
Milton Keynes Dons England Pete Winkelman[37][38] ? InterMK Group
Notts County England Ray Trew ? Contracting Solutions Group, private companies
Oldham Athletic England Simon Corney (97%)[39] ? ?
Portsmouth Under administration
Preston North End England Trevor Hemmings CVO (51.4%)[40][41] £550m[1] Blackpool Tower, horse racing, investment, Northern Trust, Sportech[42]
Scunthorpe United England Steven Wharton £42m[1] Shipping and freight transport
Sheffield United England Kevin McCabe (85.2%)[43][44] £120m[1] Property
Shrewsbury Town England Roland Wycherley[45] ? ?
Stevenage England Phil Wallace (91%)[46] £45m[1] Lamex Food Group
Swindon Town England Jed McCrory (24.75%)
England Steve Murrall (24.75%)
England Gary Hooper (24.75%)
England Callum Rice (24.75%)[47]
Tranmere Rovers England Peter Johnson
England Lorraine Rogers[48]		 £58m[1]
?		 Park Group
?
Walsall England Jeff Bonser[49] ? ?
Yeovil Town England John Fry (46.9%)
England Norman Hayward (45.1%)[50]		 ? ?
?

League Two[edit]

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Club Owner(s) Estimated combined net worth Source of wealth
AFC Wimbledon
Accrington Stanley England The Styring Family (12%)
England Accrington Stanley Supporters Fund (12%)
England Peter Marsden (10%)[51]		 ?
?
?		 ?
Investment trust
?
Aldershot Town
Barnet
Bradford City
Bristol Rovers England Nick Higgs (51.84%)
England Geoff Dunford (17.82%)
England Barry Bradshaw (12.68%)[52]		 Cowlin Construction
Barrs Court Holdings, The Beeches Hotel & Conference Centre, The Close Hotel[53]
?
Burton Albion
Cheltenham Town
Chesterfield
Dagenham & Redbridge
Exeter City
Fleetwood Town England Andrew Pilley (98%)[54]
Gillingham
Morecambe
Northampton Town
Oxford United
Plymouth Argyle England James Brent
Port Vale david cornish ?
Rochdale
Rotherham United
Southend United England Ron Martin[55] Property
Torquay United
Wycombe Wanderers
York City England Jason McGill (75%)
England York City Supporters' Trust (25%)[56]		 ?
?		 JM Packaging
Investment trust

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