List of owners of English football clubs

This is a list of the current owners of English football clubs[1], as well as (in some cases) their estimated net worth and source of wealth. Only shareholders with a significant interest (above 10%) are listed.

Premier League
Club Owner(s) Estimated
combined
net worth		 Source of wealth
Arsenal
(more information)		 Stan Kroenke[2] $10.7B[3] Commercial real estate
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
Walmart


Aston Villa
(more information)		 Nassef Sawiris[4]
Wesley Edens		 $9.9B[5][6] Investment and Industry
Fortress Investment Group
Brentford Matthew Benham[7] Gambling firms
Brighton & Hove Albion Tony Bloom (75.61%)[8] $1.3B[9] Online Gambling, Real Estate, Property, Land Development & Investments
Burnley ALK Capital (84%)[10] Investment consortium
Chelsea
(more information)		 Roman Abramovich[11] $14.6B[12] Oil and gas
Crystal Palace Steve Parish
Joshua Harris (18%)
David S. Blitzer (18%)		 $5.7B[13] Tag Worldwide Investments
Everton
(more information)		 Farhad Moshiri (77.2%)[14]
Bill Kenwright		 $2.9B[15] Steel and energy
Theatre production
Leeds United Andrea Radrizzani (63%)
49ers Enterprises - York Family and others (37%)[16][17][18]		 $4B[19][20] Aser Ventures

San Francisco 49ers, DeBartolo Corporation

Minority investor sources include YouTube and Zappos

Leicester City The Srivaddhanaprabha Family[21] $7.7B[22] King Power International Group
Liverpool
(more information)		 John W. Henry

Tom Werner[23]

 $3.6B[24] Fenway Sports Group
Manchester City
(more information)		 Abu Dhabi United Group (78%) $20B[25]
Manchester United
(more information)		 The Glazer Family[26] $4.7B[27] First Allied Corporation, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Newcastle United
(more information)		 Public Investment Fund (80%)
RB Sports & Media (10%)
PCP Capital Partners (10%)		 $430B[25] Sovereign wealth
Norwich City
(more information)		 Delia Smith and
Michael Wynn-Jones (53%)
Michael Foulger (15%)		 $30M[28] Food industry
Publishing
Poultry
Southampton Gao Jisheng (80%)
Katharina Liebherr (20%)		 $4B[29][30] Lander Sports Development Co Ltd
Inheritance
Tottenham Hotspur
(more information)		 Joe Lewis (70.6% of 85% holding company)
Daniel Levy (29.4% of 85% holding company)[31]		 $4.9B[32] Currency Trading
Watford Gino Pozzo[33] $120M[34] Investment
West Ham United
(more information)		 David Sullivan (38.8%)[35]
Daniel Kretinsky (27%)
David Gold (25.1%)
Albert Smith (8%)		 $5.6B[36] Daily Sport, Sunday Sport
Gold Group International
GSO Capital Partners
EPH
Wolverhampton Wanderers Guo Guangchang[37]
Liang Xinjun
Wang Qunbin		 $9.14B[38][39][40] Fosun International[nb 1]

EFL Championship
Club Owner(s) Estimated
combined
net worth		 Source of wealth
Barnsley Chien Lee
Paul Conway
Grace Hung
Neerav Parekh
Billy Beane
The Cryne Family[41][42]		 $9.1B[43] NewCity capital
Pacific Media Group
Pidilite Industries
Birmingham City Paul Suen[44] $450M[45] Birmingham Sports Holdings
Blackburn Rovers V H Group (99.9%) $860M Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group
Blackpool Simon Sadler (96.2%) Asset Management
Bournemouth Maxim Demin[46] $100M[47] Petrochemicals trading
Investments
Bristol City Stephen Lansdown $2.6B[48] Hargreaves Lansdown
Cardiff City Vincent Tan (51%)[49] $750M[50] Berjaya Group
Coventry City Joy Seppala[51] Sisu Capital
Derby County Mel Morris[52] $700M[53] King
Fulham
(more information)		 Shahid Khan[54] $7.9B[55] Flex-N-Gate Corp (automobile parts manufacturer)
Jacksonville Jaguars
All Elite Wrestling
Huddersfield Town Phil Hodgkinson $500M[56] Legal firms
Hull City The Allam Family[57] $325M[58] Allam Marine
Luton Town Luton Town Football Club 2020 LTD Supporter-owned
Middlesbrough Steve Gibson $263M[59] Bulkhaul Limited
Millwall John Berylson
Richard Smith[60]		 $175M[45] Chestnut Hill Ventures
Peterborough United Darragh MacAnthony (50%)
Kelgary Sports and Entertainment (50%)
Preston North End Trevor Hemmings CVO (51.4%)[61][62] $1.4B[63] Blackpool Tower, horse racing, investment, Northern Trust, Sportech[64]
Queens Park Rangers
(more information)		 Tony Fernandes
Lakshmi Mittal[65]		 $15.5B[66][67] Air Asia, Tune Group
ArcelorMittal
Reading
(more information)		 Dai Yongge

Dai Xiu Li[68]

 $950M[69] Renhe Commercial Holdings Company Limited
Sheffield United Abdullah bin Musa'ed[70] $200M[71] Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co.
Stoke City The Coates Family[72] $9.4B[73][74] Bet365
Swansea City Stephen Kaplan & Jason Levien (68%)
Swansea City Supporters Trust (21.1%)[75]		 Memphis Grizzlies and D.C. United
Investment trust
West Bromwich Albion
(more information)		 Guochuan Lai (87.8%)[76] $2.8B[77] Investment

League One
Club Owner(s) Estimated
combined
net worth		 Source of wealth
Accrington Stanley Andy Holt What More UK
AFC Wimbledon Wimbledon Football Club Supporters' Society (The Dons Trust) Supporters Trust
Bolton Wanderers Football Ventures (Whites) Ltd[78] $60M[69]
Burton Albion Ben Robinson (98%)
Cambridge United Paul Barry (70%)

Adam Webb (10%)

Mark Green (20%)[79]

 Hospitality, technology and property
Charlton Athletic Thomas Sandgaard
Cheltenham Town Andy Wilcox
Crewe Alexandra Norman Hassall Hassall (32% of 60% holding company)
Daniel Potts[80]		 The Rowlinson Group
Doncaster Rovers John Ryan
Dick Watson (26%)
Terry Bramall[81]		 MYA Cosmetic Surgery
Construction[8]
Keepmoat[82]
Fleetwood Town Andy Pilley (98%)[83] $120M[69] BES Group
Gillingham Paul Scally
Ipswich Town Gamechangers 2020 American Pension Fund
Lincoln City Lincoln City Holdings Ltd (70%)
Milton Keynes Dons Pete Winkelman[84][85] $200M[69] InterMK Group
Morecambe Bond Group Investments Limited (80% major shareholder)
Oxford United Sumrith Thanakarnjanasuth
Peterborough United Darragh MacAnthony (50%) Kelgary Sports and Entertainment (50%)
Plymouth Argyle Simon Hallett (97%) business
Port Vale Synsol Holdings Ltd Debenture Loan (4m)
Portsmouth Michael Eisner $1B[86] Media; former CEO of The Walt Disney Company; Tornante
Rotherham United Tony Stewart (49%)[87][88]
Joan Stewart (46%)
Richard Stewart (5%)		 $180M[69] Lighting industry
Sheffield Wednesday Dejphon Chansiri $575M[89] Thai Union Group
Shrewsbury Town Roland Wycherley[90] $17M[69]
Sunderland Kyril Louis-Dreyfus (60%) $2B[91]
Wigan Athletic Phoenix 2021 Limited Investment
Wycombe Wanderers Rob Couhig (75%)

Wycombe Wanderers Supporters Trust (25%)

 Feliciana EFL Ltd

Supporters Trust

League Two
Club Owner(s) Estimated
combined
net worth		 Source of wealth
Barrow Tony Shearer (40%)
Paul Hornby (20%)
Kristian Wilkes (20%)
Mark Hetherington (10%)
Bluebirds Trust (10%)[92]
Bradford City Stefan Rupp (77.5%) $130M[69] Investment
Bristol Rovers Wael al-Qadi (100%)[93] $550M[69] Banking and tourism
Carlisle United
(more information)		 Andrew Jenkins (37% of 93% holding company)
John Nixon (18%)
Steven Pattison (18%)
The United Trust (25.4%)		 $23M[69] Pioneer Foods
Businessman (retired)
Carlisle Glass
Investment Trust
Colchester United Robbie Cowling[94] $55M[69] JobServe
Crawley Town The Executors of Bruce Winfield's Estate[95] Freight transport and inheritance from marketing services[96]
Exeter City Exeter City FC Supporters' Trust - Trust Ownership Working Group Supporters Trust
Forest Green Rovers Dale Vince
Héctor Bellerín[97]		 $120M[69]
Harrogate Town Irving Weaver[98] Property[98]
Hartlepool United Raj Singh Prestige Group
Leyton Orient Eagle Investments 2017 Ltd $38M[69]
Mansfield Town John Radford $38M[69]
Newport County Newport County AFC Supporters Trust Supporters Trust
Northampton Town David Anthony Cardoza
Anthony Michael Cardoza
Deborah Jones
Trustees of Stuart Wilson[99]
Oldham Athletic Abdallah Lemsagam
Rochdale Andrew Kilpatrick
Salford City
(more information)		 Project 92 Limited

Peter Lim (40%)
Phil Neville (10%)
Gary Neville (10%)
Nicky Butt (10%)
Paul Scholes (10%)
Ryan Giggs (10%)
David Beckham (10%)		 $2.9B[100]
Scunthorpe United Peter Swann and family $445M[101] Retail; live entertainments; horse racing
Stevenage Phil Wallace (91%)[102] $90M[69] Lamex Food Group
Sutton United Garry Otto

Nawaf Al Shammari

 Investment group
Swindon Town Clem Morfuni $200m[69]
Tranmere Rovers Mark Palios
Walsall Leigh Pomlett

See also

Notes
  1. The direct parent company of the club was W.W. (1990) Limited, which was acquired by Prestige Century Holdings Limited; Prestige Century was a subsidiary of Fosun Management Holdings Limited; Fosun Management Holdings was a subsidiary of Fosun International; Fosun International, a listed company of Hong Kong, is a subsidiary of Fosun International Holdings, which was majority owned by Guo Guangchang, Liang Xinjun and Wang Qunbin

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