List of English football club owners
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This is a list of the current owners of English football clubs, and their estimated net worth and source of their wealth. All figures are listed in millions rather than billions. For example, £1,000m would be one billion (1,000,000,000) pounds.
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[edit] Premier League
- As of 21 April 2011
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| Club | Owner(s) | Estimated combined net worth | Source of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal |  Stan Kroenke (66.76%) Alisher Usmanov and Farhad Moshiri (29.63%) Peter Hill-Wood (0.8%) Sir Chips Keswick (0.3%) |
05|Kroenke – £1,574m[1] Usmanov – £10,716m Hill-Wood – £3.4m |
Kroenke – Property & Sports Franchises Usmanov – Mining, Lumber & Investment Hill-Wood – Banking Keswick – Banking |
| Aston Villa | Randy Lerner |
£605m[2] | Banking & Investment |
| Blackburn Rovers |  Venky's (India) Limited |
£650m[3] | Poultry, Farming & Pharmaceutical |
| Bolton Wanderers | Eddie Davies |
£65m[4] | Domestic Appliances |
| Chelsea | Roman Abramovich |
£8,650m[5] | Oil & Industry |
| Everton | Bill Kenwright (27%) Robert Earl (23%) Jon Woods (21%) |
£10m £200m+ £5–10m |
Kenwright – Theatre Production Earl – Casino & Leisure Woods – Computer Games |
| Fulham |  Mohamed Al-Fayed |
£1,226m[6] | Retail |
| Liverpool | Fenway Sports Group LeBron James[7] |
Fenway Sports – £2,190m James – 48m |
Fenway Sports – Investment and media James – Professional basketball player |
| Manchester City |  Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan |
£22,800m[8][9] | Oil & Industry, Investment |
| Manchester United | Malcolm Glazer[10] |
£1,574m[11] | Food Processing, Sports Teams & Real Estate |
| Newcastle United | Mike Ashley |
£1,150m[12] | Sports Goods |
| Norwich City | Delia Smith (Joint 53%) Michael Wynn-Jones (Joint 53%) Michael Foulger (15%) |
£460m[13] | Food Industry Publishing Poultry |
| Queens Park Rangers | Lakshmi Mittal (33%) Tony Fernandes (66%) |
Mittal – £31,800m[14] Fernandes – £285m[15] |
Mittal – Steel Fernandes – Airlines |
| Stoke City | Peter Coates |
£400m[16][dead link] | Betting |
| Sunderland | Ellis Short[17] |
£1,300m | Private Equity & Hospitality |
| Swansea City | Mel Nurse |
£20m | Property |
| Tottenham Hotspur | Joe Lewis (85%) Michael Ashcroft (4%) |
Lewis – £1,937m[18] Ashcroft – £1,100m |
Lewis – Foreign Exchange & Investment Ashcroft – Finance & Telecommunications |
| Wigan Athletic | Dave Whelan |
£200m[19] | Retail |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Steve Morgan |
£350m[20] | Property |
| West Bromwich Albion | Jeremy Peace |
£40m | Industrial |
[edit] Championship
- As of 1 August 2011
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This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
| Club | Owner(s) | Estimated combined net worth | Source of wealth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnsley | Patrick Cryne |
£30m[21] | Software |
| Birmingham City |  Carson Yeung (29.9%)[22] |
£150m | Investment & Entertainment |
| Blackpool | Owen Oyston (80%)[23] Valeri Belokon (20%) |
Oyston – £300m Belokon – £200m |
Oyston – Publishing, Media & Estate Agency Belokon – Finance, Media, Food Industry & Mining |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Tony Bloom (75.61%) |
£398m[24] | Online Gambling, Real Estate, Property, Land Development & Investments |
| Bristol City | Stephen Lansdown |
£280m[25] | Finance |
| Burnley | Barry Kilby |
£50m | Media |
| Cardiff City | Datuk Chan Tien Ghee Vincent Tan |
£800m | Tan Sri Vincent Tan Ghee Yioun |
| Coventry City | Ray Ranson |
£40m | Investments |
| Crystal Palace | Steve Parish (25%) Martin Long (25%) Stephen Browett (25%) Jeremy Hosking (25%) |
Parish - £100m Long - £100m Browett - £100m Hosking - £180m |
Parish – Marketing Long – Insurance Browett – Wine Hosking – Asset Management |
| Derby County |  Jeff Mallett W. Brett Wilson Tom Ricketts Andrew Appleby |
– | Mallet - Yahoo! Investments |
| Doncaster Rovers | John Ryan |
£30m[26] | Medical Services |
| Hull City | Assem Allam |
£287m[27] | Industrial Manufacturer |
| Ipswich Town | Marcus Evans |
£400m[28] | Business Services |
| Leeds United | Ken Bates |
£30m[29] | Haulage, quarrying, ready-mix concrete, dairy farming |
| Leicester City |  King Power |
£115m[30] | Duty–Free Shops |
| Middlesbrough | Steve Gibson |
£135m[31] | Transport, Hotels |
| Millwall | John Berylson (70%) |
£97m | Finance and Banking |
| Nottingham Forest | Nigel Doughty |
£460m[32] | Finance |
| Peterborough United |  Darragh MacAnthony |
– | Property Investment |
| Portsmouth | Vacant (club is in administration). | £300m[33] | |
| Reading | Sir John Madejski (49%) Thames Sport Investment- 51% [34] |
£250m Unknown |
Spanning Property, Broadcast Media, Hotels, Restaurants & Publishing |
| Southampton |  Markus Liebherr |
£3,000m[35] | Engineering |
| Watford | Laurence Bassini[36] |
– | Investments |
| West Ham United |  Straumur–Burdaras Bank (35%) David Gold (30.6%) David Sullivan (30.6%)[37]Terry Brown |
Straumur–Burdaras Bank – £0 Gold – £360m[35] Sullivan – £450m |
Straumur–Burdaras Bank – Banking Gold – Retail & Publishing Sullivan – Publishing & Media |
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