List of owners of English football clubs

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. 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 (100%)[1] $9.7B[2] Wal-Mart
Aston Villa
(more information)
Nassef Sawiris[3]
Wesley Edens
$9.2B[4][5] Investment and Industry
Fortress Investment Group
Bournemouth Maxim Demin (75%)[6]

PEAK6 Investments (25%)[7]

$110M[8][9] Petrochemicals trading
Seven Developments
Investments
Brighton & Hove Albion Tony Bloom (75.61%)[10] $1.7B Online Gambling, Real Estate, Property, Land Development & Investments
Burnley Mike Garlick (49.3%)
John Banaszkiewicz (27.55%)[11]
$1000B[12] Michael Bailey Associates
Freight Investor Services
Chelsea
(more information)
Roman Abramovich[13] $12.9B[14] Oil and industry
Crystal Palace Steve Parish
Joshua Harris
David S. Blitzer
$3.9B[15] Tag Worldwide[16]Investments
Everton
(more information)
Farhad Moshiri (77.2[17])
Bill Kenwright CBE
Jon Woods
$2B[18] Steel and energy
Theatre production
Planet Hollywood
Ocean Software
Leicester City The Srivaddhanaprabha Family[19] $5.9B[20] King Power International Group
Liverpool
(more information)
Fenway Sports Group [21] $2.7B[22] Fenway Sports Group
Manchester City
(more information)
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan[23] $22B[24] Abu Dhabi United Group
Manchester United
(more information)
The Glazer Family[25] $4.9B[26] First Allied Corporation, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Newcastle United
(more information)
Mike Ashley $2.8B[27] Sports Direct International
Norwich City
(more information)
Delia Smith and
Michael Wynn-Jones (53%)
Michael Foulger (15%)
$30M[28] Food industry
Publishing
Poultry
Sheffield United Abdullah bin Musa'ed[29] $255M Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co.
Southampton Gao Jisheng (80%)
Katharina Liebherr (20%)
$4B[30][31] 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)[32]
$6.2B[33][34] Currency Trading
Watford Gino Pozzo[35] $120M[36] Investment
West Ham United
(more information)
David Sullivan (51.1%)[37]
David Gold (35.1%)
Albert Smith (10%)
$1.6B[38] Daily Sport, Sunday Sport
Gold Group International
GSO Capital Partners
Wolverhampton Wanderers Fosun International[39] $103.29B[40] Fosun International

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 NewCity capital
Pacific Media Group
Pidilite Industries
Birmingham City Paul Suen (60.78%)
Wang Lei (5.28%)
Carson Yeung (6.51%)[43]
$570M Birmingham Sports Holdings
Blackburn Rovers V H Group (99.9%) Venkateshwara Hatcheries Group
Brentford Matthew Benham (100%)[44]
Bristol City Stephen Lansdown $2.5B[45] Hargreaves Lansdown
Cardiff City Vincent Tan (51%)[46] $770M[47] Berjaya Group
Charlton Athletic Sheikh Saeed bin Thanoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan [48] £22.4B Trade and Oil
Derby County Mel Morris [49] $500m[50] King
Fulham
(more information)
Shahid Khan[51] $7.3B[52] Flex-N-Gate Corp (automobile parts manufacturer)
Jacksonville Jaguars
All Elite Wrestling
Huddersfield Town Phil Hodgkinson $475M
Hull City The Allam Family[53] $325M[54] Allam Marine
Leeds United Andrea Radrizzani (90%)
York Family (10%)[55][56]
$450M[57] 49ers Enterprises, Leeds SPV LP
Luton Town Luton Town Football Club 2020 LTD
Middlesbrough Steve Gibson $263M[58] Bulkhaul Limited
Millwall John Berylson
Richard Smith[59]
$175M
Chestnut Hill Ventures
Nottingham Forest Evangelos Marinakis[60] $650M Capital Maritime & Trading Corp
Preston North End Trevor Hemmings CVO (51.4%)[61][62] $720M Blackpool Tower, horse racing, investment, Northern Trust, Sportech[63]
Queens Park Rangers
(more information)
Tony Fernandes (66%)
Lakshmi Mittal (33%)[64]
$745M[65]
$18B[66]
Air Asia, Tune Group
ArcelorMittal
Reading
(more information)
Dai Yongge (90.29%) [67] Renhe Commercial Holdings Company Limite
Sheffield Wednesday Dejphon Chansiri Thai Union Group
Stoke City The Coates Family[68] $3.1B[69] Bet365
Swansea City Stephen Kaplan & Jason Levien (68%)
Swansea City Supporters Trust (21.1%)[70]
Memphis Grizzlies and D.C. United
Investment trust
West Bromwich Albion
(more information)
Guochuan Lai (87.8%)[71] $2.8B [72] Investment
Wigan Athletic International Entertainment Corporation Hotel, Property

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
Blackpool Simon Sadler (96.2%) Asset Management
Bristol Rovers Dwane Sports (92%) Banking and tourism
Burton Albion Ben Robinson (98%)
Coventry City Joy Seppala
Dermot Coleman[73]
Sisu Capital
Doncaster Rovers John Ryan
Dick Watson (26%)
Terry Bramall CBE

[74]

MYA Cosmetic Surgery
Construction[10]
Keepmoat[75]
Fleetwood Town Andy Pilley (98%)[76] BES Group
Gillingham Paul Scally
Ipswich Town Marcus Evans $825M Marcus Evans Group
Lincoln City Lincoln City Holdings Ltd (70%)
Milton Keynes Dons Pete Winkelman[77][78] InterMK Group
Oxford United Sumrith Thanakarnjanasuth
Peterborough United Darragh MacAnthony (50%) Kelgary Sports and Entertainment (50%)
Portsmouth Michael Eisner $1B Media; former CEO of The Walt Disney Company; Tornante
Rochdale Andrew Kilpatrick
Rotherham United Tony Stewart OBE (49%)[79][80]
Joan Stewart (46%)
Richard Stewart (5%)
$180M Lighting industry
Shrewsbury Town Roland Wycherley[81]
Southend United Ron Martin[82] Property
Sunderland Stewart Donald[83] $8.4M
Tranmere Rovers Mark Palios
Wycombe Wanderers Rob Couhig (75%)

Wycombe Wanderers Supporters Trust (25%)

Feliciana EFL Ltd

Supporters Trust

Bolton Wanderers Ken Anderson [84] $17M[85]

League Two

Club Owner(s) Estimated
combined
net worth
Source of wealth
Bradford City Stefan Rupp (77.5%) Investment
Cambridge United Paul Barry (100%) Hospitality and property
Carlisle United
(more information)
Andrew Jenkins (37% of 93% holding company)
John Nixon (18%)
Steven Pattison (18%)
The United Trust (25.4%)
Pioneer Foods
Businessman (retired)
Carlisle Glass
Investment Trust
Cheltenham Town Andy Wilcox
Colchester United Robbie Cowling[86] JobServe
Crawley Town The Executors of Bruce Winfield's Estate[87] Freight transport and inheritance from marketing services[88]
Crewe Alexandra Norman Hassall Hassall (32% of 60% holding company)
Daniel Potts[89]
The Rowlinson Group
Exeter City Exeter City FC Supporters' Trust - Trust Ownership Working Group Supporters Trust
Forest Green Rovers Dale Vince
Grimsby Town John Fenty (42.91%)
Mike Parker (22%)
The Mariners Trust (14.13%)[90]
$18M[91]

Five Star Fish
Entrepreneur
Supporters Trust
Leyton Orient Eagle Investments 2017 Ltd
Macclesfield Town Ramy Ltd
Mansfield Town John Radford
Morecambe Bond Group Investments Limited (82% major shareholder
Newport County Newport County AFC Supporters Trust Supporters Trust
Northampton Town David Anthony Cardoza
Anthony Michael Cardoza
Deborah Jones
Trustees of Stuart Wilson[92]
Oldham Athletic Abdallah Lemsagam
Plymouth Argyle Simon Hallett (97%) business
Port Vale Synsol Holdings Ltd Debenture Loan (4m)
Salford City Peter Lim (40%)
Phil Neville (10%)
Gary Neville (10%)
Nicky Butt (10%)
Paul Scholes (10%)
Ryan Giggs (10%)
David Beckham (10%)
Scunthorpe United Peter Swann and family $445M[93] Retail; live entertainments; horse racing
Stevenage Phil Wallace (91%)[94] Lamex Food Group
Swindon Town Lee Power
Walsall Leigh Pomlett

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