List of owners of English football clubs
Premier League
Table:
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]

$80M[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]Investment

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

Guo Guangchang (on behalf of Fosun International)[39]

$6.7B[40]

Fosun International

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Arsenal Football Club is a professional football club based in Islington , London , England , that plays in the Premier League , the top flight of English football . The club has won 13 League titles , a record 13 FA Cups , 2 League Cups , 15 FA Community Shields , 1 League Centenary Trophy , 1 UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup and 1 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup . Arsenal was the first club from the South of England to join The Football League , in 1893 , and they reached the First Division in 1904 . Relegated only once , in 1913 , they continue the longest streak in the top division , and have won the second-most top-flight matches in English football history . In the 1930s , Arsenal won five League Championships and two FA Cups , and another FA Cup and two Championships after the war . In 1970-71 , they won their first League and FA Cup Double . Between 1989 and 2005 , they won five League titles and five FA Cups , including two more Doubles . They completed the 20th century with the highest average league position . Herbert Chapman won Arsenal 's first national trophies , but died prematurely . He helped introduce the WM formation , floodlights , and shirt numbers , and added the white sleeves and brighter red to the club 's kit . Arsène Wenger was the longest-serving manager and won the most trophies . He won a record 7 FA Cups , and his title-winning team set an English record for the longest top-flight unbeaten league run at 49 games between 2003 and 2004 , receiving the nickname The Invincibles .
The ownership of Arsenal Football Club is considerably different from that of other clubs in English football . It is owned by a parent company , Arsenal Holdings plc , which has relatively few shares which are infrequently traded . Historically , the club has been owned by descendants of the Bracewell-Smith and Hill-Wood families . The club attracted outside interest as two rival tycoons , Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov , acquired significant share holdings in 2007 . In August 2018 , Kroenke 's offer of £550 million for Usmanov 's share was accepted , and Kroenke bought out the remainder of the shares to become the club 's sole shareholder .
Enos Stanley Kroenke ( /ˈkroʊŋki/ ; born July 29 , 1947 ) is an American billionaire businessman . He is the owner of Kroenke Sports & Entertainment , which is the holding company of English Premier League football club Arsenal , the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL , Denver Nuggets of the NBA , Colorado Avalanche of the NHL , Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer , Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League , and the newly formed Los Angeles Gladiators of the Overwatch League . The Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche franchises are owned by his wife , Ann Walton Kroenke , to satisfy NFL ownership restrictions that forbid a team owner from having teams in other markets . Ann is the daughter of Walmart co-founder James Bud Walton . He was estimated to be worth US $ 8.5 billion by Forbes in 2018 .
Walmart Inc. ( /ˈwɔːlmɑːrt/ ; formerly Wal-Mart Stores , Inc. ) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets , discount department stores , and grocery stores , headquartered in Bentonville , Arkansas . The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31 , 1969 . It also owns and operates Sam 's Club retail warehouses . As of January 31 , 2020 , [ update ] Walmart has 11,503 stores and clubs in 27 countries , operating under 55 different names . The company operates under the name Walmart in the United States and Canada , as Walmart de México y Centroamérica in Mexico and Central America , as Asda in the United Kingdom , as the Seiyu Group in Japan , and as Best Price in India . It has wholly owned operations in Argentina , Chile , Canada , and South Africa . Since August 2018 , Walmart only holds a minority stake in Walmart Brasil , which was renamed Grupo Big in August 2019 , with 20 percent of the company 's shares , and private equity firm Advent International holding 80 percent ownership of the company . Walmart is the world 's largest company by revenue , with US $ 514.405 billion , according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2019 . It is also the largest private employer in the world with 2.2 million employees . It is a publicly traded family-owned business , as the company is controlled by the Walton family . Sam Walton 's heirs own over 50 percent of Walmart through their holding company Walton Enterprises and through their individual holdings . Walmart was the largest U.S. grocery retailer in 2019 , and 65 percent of Walmart 's US $ 510.329 billion sales came from U.S. operations .
Aston Villa Football Club ( nicknamed Villa ) is an English professional football club based in Aston , Birmingham . The club competes in the Premier League , the top tier of the English football league system . Founded in 1874 , they have played at their home ground , Villa Park , since 1897 . Aston Villa were one of the founder members of the Football League in 1888 and of the Premier League in 1992 . Villa are one of only five English clubs to have won the European Cup , in 1981-82 . They have also won the Football League First Division seven times , the FA Cup seven times , the League Cup five times , and the UEFA Super Cup once . Villa have a fierce local rivalry with Birmingham City and the Second City derby between the teams has been played since 1879 . The club 's traditional kit colours are claret shirts with sky blue sleeves , white shorts and sky blue socks . Their traditional club badge is of a rampant lion . The club is currently owned by the NSWE group , a company owned by the Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris and the American billionaire Wes Edens .
Nassef Onsi Sawiris ( Coptic : ⲛⲁⲥ̄ϥ ⲟⲛⲥⲓ ⲥⲉⲩⲏⲣⲟⲥ ; Egyptian Arabic : ناصف أنسى ساويرس ; born in 1961 ) is an Egyptian billionaire businessman , the youngest of Onsi Sawiris ' three sons ( his brothers are Naguib and Samih ) . As of April 2019 , his net worth was estimated to be $ 7.5 billion , and the fourth richest African in 2019 , according to Forbes .
Wesley Robert Edens ( born October 30 , 1961 ) is an American businessman and private equity investor . He is a cofounder of Fortress Investment Group and founder of New Fortress Energy , Edens is also a co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks , a National Basketball Association ( NBA ) franchise based in Milwaukee , Wisconsin , along with Marc Lasry . Edens is the owner of the eSports team FlyQuest and , along with Nassef Sawiris , became majority shareholder of the Premier League club Aston Villa in July 2018 .
Fortress Investment Group is an investment management firm based in New York City . Fortress Investment Group LLC was founded as a private equity firm in 1998 by Wesley R. Edens , Rob Kauffman , and Randal Nardone . When Fortress launched on the NYSE on February 9 , 2007 , it was the first large private equity firm in the United States to be traded publicly . As of June 30 , 2016 , the firm managed approximately $ 70.2 billion alternative assets in private equity , liquid hedge funds and credit funds .
Athletic Football Club Bournemouth ( /ˈbɔːrnməθ/ ( listen ) ) , often abbreviated as AFC Bournemouth or simply Bournemouth , is a professional football club based in Kings Park , Boscombe , a suburb of Bournemouth , Dorset , that plays in the Premier League , the top tier of the English football league system . Formed in 1899 as Boscombe St. John 's Institute F.C. , the club adopted their current name in 1972 . Nicknamed The Cherries , Bournemouth have played their home games at Dean Court since 1910 . Their home colours are red and black striped shirts , with black shorts and socks , inspired by that of Italian club A.C. Milan . AFC Bournemouth 's honours include winning the second and third tiers of English football once , the Football League Trophy once and the Football League Third Division South Cup . The club has spent the majority of their history bouncing between the third and fourth tiers of English football . Under manager Eddie Howe , they have risen through the pyramid ; the 2015-16 season was their first ever in the top flight and they have remained there ever since .
Maxim Victorovich Demin , born October 1969 , is a Russian businessman . In 2011 , Demin became co-owner of then Football League side A.F.C . Bournemouth with Eddie Mitchell , reportedly paying £850,000 for his share of the club . Subsequently in 2015 the club were promoted to the Premier League . In 2015 , he sold a 25% share in the club to Peak 6 Investments , although he remains the majority shareholder . Demin has been involved in the petrochemicals industry and as a trader .
Petrochemicals ( also known as petroleum distillates ) are the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining . Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels , such as coal or natural gas , or renewable sources such as maize , palm fruit or sugar cane . The two most common petrochemical classes are olefins ( including ethylene and propylene ) and aromatics ( including benzene , toluene and xylene isomers ) . Oil refineries produce olefins and aromatics by fluid catalytic cracking of petroleum fractions . Chemical plants produce olefins by steam cracking of natural gas liquids like ethane and propane . Aromatics are produced by catalytic reforming of naphtha . Olefins and aromatics are the building-blocks for a wide range of materials such as solvents , detergents , and adhesives . Olefins are the basis for polymers and oligomers used in plastics , resins , fibers , elastomers , lubricants , and gels . Global ethylene and propylene production are about 115 million tonnes and 70 million tonnes per annum , respectively . Aromatics production is approximately 70 million tonnes . The largest petrochemical industries are located in the USA and Western Europe ; however , major growth in new production capacity is in the Middle East and Asia . There is substantial inter-regional petrochemical trade .
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club ( /ˈbraɪtən . ˈhoʊv/ ) , commonly referred to as simply Brighton , is an English professional football club based in the city of Brighton . They compete in the Premier League , the top tier of the English football league system . The club 's home ground is the 30,750-capacity Falmer Stadium , situated in Falmer to the north east of the city . Founded in 1901 , and nicknamed the Seagulls or Albion , Brighton played their early professional football in the Southern League , before being elected to the Football League in 1920 . The club enjoyed greatest prominence between 1979 and 1983 when they played in the First Division and reached the 1983 FA Cup Final , losing to Manchester United after a replay . They were relegated from the First Division in the same season . By the late 1990s , Brighton was in the fourth tier of English football and were having financial difficulties . After narrowly avoiding relegation from the Football League to the Conference in 1997 , a boardroom takeover saved the club from liquidation . Successive promotions in 2001 and 2002 brought Brighton back to the second tier , and in 2011 , the club moved into the Falmer Stadium after 14 years without a permanent home ground . In the 2016-17 season , Brighton finished second in the EFL Championship and were thus promoted to the Premier League , ending a 34-year absence from the top flight .
Anthony Grant Bloom ( born 20 March 1970 in Brighton , Sussex ) is British professional sports bettor , poker player , entrepreneur and chairman of Brighton and Hove Albion , a UK football club .
Burnley Football Club ( /ˈbɜːrnli/ ) is a professional association football club based in Burnley , Lancashire , England . Founded on 18 May 1882 , the team originally played only friendly matches until they entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885-86 . The club currently plays in the Premier League , the first tier of English football . Nicknamed the Clarets , due to the dominant colour of the home shirts , Burnley was one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888 . The club 's emblem is based on the town 's crest , with a Latin motto Pretiumque et Causa Laboris ( The Prize and the Cause of [ Our ] Labour ) . Burnley has been champions of England twice , in 1920-21 and 1959-60 , has won the FA Cup once , in 1914 , and has won the Community Shield twice , in 1960 and 1973 . The Clarets also reached the 1961 quarter-finals of the European Cup . Burnley is one of only five teams to have won all top four professional divisions of English football , along with Wolverhampton Wanderers , Preston North End , Sheffield United and Portsmouth . In the 1920-21 campaign , Burnley was crowned champions of England for the first time when they won the First Division . [ nb 1 ] During that season the team embarked on a 30-match unbeaten run , which remained an English record until it was beaten by Arsenal in 2003-04 . Burnley attained a second league championship in 1959-60 with a team consisting of mostly youth academy graduates , winning the title with a last-day victory over Manchester City , after foundations were laid by pioneers Alan Brown , Bob Lord and Harry Potts . Twenty years later , in 1979-80 , Burnley was relegated to the Third Division - the first time in the club 's history .
Chelsea Football Club are an English professional football club based in Fulham , London . Founded in 1905 , they compete in the Premier League , the top division of English football . Chelsea are among England 's most successful clubs ; they have been league champions six times and won over thirty competitive honours , including six European trophies . Their home ground is Stamford Bridge . Chelsea won their first major honour , the League Championship , in 1955 . They won the FA Cup for the first time in 1970 and their first European honour , the UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , in 1971 . After a period of decline in the late 1970s and 1980s , the club enjoyed a revival in the 1990s and had more success in cup competitions . The past two decades have been the most successful in Chelsea 's history : they won five of their six league titles and the UEFA Champions League during this period . Chelsea are one of five clubs to have won all three of UEFA 's main club competitions , and the only London club to have won the Champions League . Chelsea 's home kit colours are royal blue shirts and shorts with white socks . The club 's crest features a ceremonial lion rampant regardant holding a staff . The club have rivalries with neighbouring teams Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur , and a historic rivalry with Leeds United .
Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich ( Russian : Рома́н Арка́дьевич Абрамо́вич , pronounced [ rɐˈman ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɐbrɐˈmovʲɪtɕ ] ; born 24 October 1966 ) is a Russian-Israeli billionaire businessman , investor and politician . Abramovich is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC , and is best known outside Russia as the owner of Chelsea F.C. , a Premier League football club . He was formerly governor of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug from 2000 to 2008 . According to Forbes , Abramovich 's net worth was US $ 12.9 billion in 2019 making him the richest person in Israel , 11th-richest in Russia , and the 120th-richest person in the world . He has donated more money than any other living Russian , with donations between the years 1999 and 2013 of more than US $ 2.5 billion to build schools , hospitals and infrastructure in Chukotka .
Crystal Palace Football Club is a professional football club based in Selhurst , South London , England . They currently compete in the Premier League , the highest level of English football . The club play their home matches at Selhurst Park . The club 's historic origins can be traced as far back as 1854 , when the famous Crystal Palace Exhibition building had been relocated from Hyde Park , London and rebuilt in an area of South London next to Sydenham Hill . This area was renamed Crystal Palace which included the Crystal Palace Park that surrounded the site where various sports facilities were built . It was here that the earliest known Crystal Palace team first played as an amateur outfit in 1861 . They competed in the first ever FA Cup competition in 1871-72 , reaching the semi-finals where they lost to the Royal Engineers . In 1895 , the Crystal Palace Company who owned the Palace building began hosting the FA Cup Final inside its grounds . It was ten years later that the owners decided to form a new professional Palace club to play at the Cup Final venue . They stayed here until 1915 , when the club were forced to leave due to the outbreak of the First World War . In 1924 , they moved to their current home at Selhurst Park . Palace joined the Football League in 1920 , and have overall spent the majority of their league history competing in the top two tiers of English football .
Joshua Harris ( born 1965 ) is a billionaire American private equity investor who co-founded Apollo Global Management , one of the world 's largest alternative investment firms , and is a senior managing director of the firm . Harris is the principal owner of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League and the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association , and owns an 18% stake in Crystal Palace of the English Premier League .
David S. Blitzer ( born 1969 ) is a co-managing partner and minority owner of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League , Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association , Crystal Palace FC of the English Premier League , the Scranton Wilkes/Barre RailRiders of the Triple-A International League , esport company Dignitas , and a senior executive at the private equity firm Blackstone Group .
Everton Football Club ( /ˈɛvərtən/ ) is an English professional football club based in Liverpool that competes in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . The club has competed in the top division for a record 116 seasons and has missed the top division only four times ( 1930-31 , 1951-52 , 1952-53 , and 1953-54 ) since the creation of the Football League , of which it is a founding member . The club has won nine League Championships , five FA Cups , and one UEFA Cup Winners Cup . Formed in 1878 , Everton won its first League Championship during the 1890-91 season . After winning four more League Championships and two FA Cups , the club experienced a post-World War II lull until a revival in the 1960s . A period of sustained success came in the mid-1980s , when Everton won a further two League Championships , one FA Cup , and the 1985 European Cup Winners ' Cup . The club 's most recent major trophy was the 1995 FA Cup . The club 's supporters are colloquially known as Evertonians or Blues . Everton has a rivalry with Liverpool , and the two sides contest the Merseyside derby . The club has been based at Goodison Park in Walton since 1892 , after moving from Anfield following a disagreement over its rent . The club 's home colours are royal blue shirts with white shorts and socks .
Ardavan Farhad Moshiri ( Persian : اردوان فرهاد ﻣﺸﻴﺮى ; born 18 May 1955 ) is a British-Iranian businessman and investor who resides in Monaco . Moshiri owns and has shares in numerous steel and energy companies in the UK and Russia , as well as a 77.2% stake in Everton F.C .
William Kenwright , CBE ( born 4 September 1945 ) is an English West End theatre producer and film producer . He has also been the chairman of Everton Football Club since 2004 . Kenwright was born in Liverpool and attended Booker Avenue County Primary School , and then Liverpool Institute High School from 1957 to 1964 . He appeared in school productions ( including Shylock in The Merchant of Venice ) on the stage in the Mount Street building ( predecessor to LIPA ) . He was also treasurer of the Christian Union at school . Kenwright was a judge in the 2007 BBC1 television series Any Dream Will Do .
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry , rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences , work with charitable and welfare organisations , and public service outside the civil service . It was established on 4 June 1917 by King George V and comprises five classes across both civil and military divisions , the most senior two of which make the recipient either a knight if male or dame if female . There is also the related British Empire Medal , whose recipients are affiliated with , but not members of the order . Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were originally made on the nomination of the United Kingdom , the self-governing Dominions of the Empire ( later Commonwealth ) and the Viceroy of India . Nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British ( Imperial ) honours . Most Commonwealth countries ceased recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire when they created their own honours . [ a ]
Jon Vincent Woods is a former UK based video game producer . In 1984 , he co-founded Manchester based software development company Ocean Software with David Ward . After over a decade of success in the gaming industry , he sold Ocean Software to French company Infogrames in April 1996 for US $ 100 million . In 2004 , Woods was inducted into the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association ( ELSPA ) Hall of Fame for his service to the video game industry . Woods was an interviewee in the 2014 documentary From Bedrooms to Billions .
Planet Hollywood International Inc. ( stylized as planet hollywood , planet Hollywood observatory and ph ) is a theme restaurant inspired by the popular portrayal of Hollywood . The company is owned by Earl Enterprises corporation . Earl Enterprise was founded by Robert Earl . It was launched in New York City on October 22 , 1991 , with the backing of Hollywood stars Sylvester Stallone , Bruce Willis , Demi Moore , and Arnold Schwarzenegger . The actors recruited were paid for their appearances and endorsements through an employee stock ownership plan . Further celebrity endorsement included actors Whoopi Goldberg , Jean-Claude Van Damme , Don Johnson , Melanie Griffith , Tom Arnold , Wesley Snipes , and Danny Glover ; director John Hughes ; and comedian Roseanne Barr .
Ocean Software Ltd , commonly referred to as Ocean , was a British software development company , that became one of the biggest European video game developers and publishers of the 1980s and 1990s . The company was founded by David Ward and Jon Woods and was based in Manchester . Ocean developed dozens of games for a variety of systems such as the ZX Spectrum , Oric 1 , Commodore 64 , Dragon 32 , MSX , Amstrad CPC , Commodore 16 , Atari ST , Amiga , PC , BBC micro and video game consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System , Super Nintendo Entertainment System , Master System and Sega Genesis .
Leicester City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Leicester in the East Midlands . The club competes in the Premier League , England 's top division of football , and plays its home games at the King Power Stadium . The club was founded in 1884 as Leicester Fosse F.C. , playing on a field near Fosse Road . They moved to Filbert Street in 1891 , were elected to the Football League in 1894 and adopted the name Leicester City in 1919 . They moved to the nearby Walkers Stadium in 2002 , which was renamed the King Power Stadium in 2011 . Leicester won the 2015-16 Premier League , their first top-level football championship . They are one of only six clubs to have won the Premier League since its inception in 1992 . A number of newspapers described Leicester 's title win as the greatest sporting shock ever , multiple bookmakers had never paid out at such long odds for any sport . As a result , the team was dubbed The Unbelievables , a spin-off harking back to Arsenal 's undefeated team The Invincibles . The club 's previous highest finish was second place in the top flight , in 1928-29 , then known as the First Division . Throughout their history , Leicester have spent all but one season in the top two divisions of English football . They hold a joint-highest seven second-tier titles ( six Second Division and one Championship ) .
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha ( Thai : วิชัย ศรีวัฒนประภา [ a ] ; born Vichai Raksriaksorn ( Thai : วิชัย รักศรีอักษร [ b ] [ c ] ) ; 4 April or 5 June 1958 - 27 October 2018 ) was a Thai billionaire businessman and the founder , owner and chairman of King Power Duty Free . He was also the owner of Premier League football club Leicester City from 2010 until his death in a helicopter crash at the King Power Stadium in Leicester .
The King Power International Group ( Thai : กลุ่มบริษัท คิง เพาเวอร์ อินเตอร์เนชันแนล ) is Thailand 's leading travel retail group , based in Bangkok . The chairman and CEO was Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha until his death in October 2018 . He was succeeded as chairman by his son , Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha . King Power 's .cash cow is the proprietary concession of Thailand 's duty-free business . The company is the largest duty-free retailer in Thailand . Its duty free shopping mall in Bangkok 's central business district covers over 12,000 square metres ( 130,000 sq ft ) and it has branches at Suvarnabhumi Airport and Thailand 's other major airports . In 2015 , King Power launched an online site selling duty-free and duty-paid items .
Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club in Liverpool , England , that competes in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . The club has won six European Cups , more than any other English club , three UEFA Cups , four UEFA Super Cups ( both also English records ) , one FIFA Club World Cup , eighteen League titles , seven FA Cups , a record eight League Cups , fifteen FA Community Shields and one Football League Super Cup . Founded in 1892 , the club joined the Football League the following year and has played at Anfield since its formation . Liverpool established itself as a major force in English and European football in the 1970s and 1980s when Bill Shankly , Bob Paisley , Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish led the club to a combined eleven League titles and four European Cups . Under the management of Rafael Benítez and captained by homegrown player Steven Gerrard , Liverpool became European champions for the fifth time in 2005 , before a sixth title was added under Jürgen Klopp in 2019 . Liverpool was the seventh highest-earning football club in the world in 2019 , with an annual revenue of €513.7 million , and the world 's eighth most valuable football club in 2019 , valued at $ 2.183 billion . The club is one of the most widely supported teams in the world . Liverpool has long-standing rivalries with Manchester United and Everton . The club 's supporters have been involved in two major tragedies : the Heysel Stadium disaster , where escaping fans were pressed against a collapsing wall at the 1985 European Cup Final in Brussels , with 39 people - mostly Italians and Juventus fans - dying , after which English clubs were given a five-year ban from European competition , and the Hillsborough disaster in 1989 , where 96 Liverpool supporters died in a crush against perimeter fencing . The team changed from red shirts and white shorts to an all-red home strip in 1964 which has been used ever since . Red has been the main shirt colour ever since 1896 . The club 's anthem is You 'll Never Walk Alone .
Fenway Sports Group , LLC ( FSG ) , is an American sports company . It is the parent company of Major League Baseball 's Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C. , a Premier League soccer ( football ) team . FSG was founded in 2001 as New England Sports Ventures ( NESV ) when John W. Henry joined forces with Tom Werner , Les Otten , The New York Times Company , and other investors to successfully bid for the Red Sox . NESV formally announced its name change to Fenway Sports Group in March 2011 . In addition to owning the Red Sox and Liverpool F.C. , the Boston-based limited liability company also owns the home stadiums for both teams ( Fenway Park and Anfield ) and Fenway Sports Management ( which in turn owns the Salem Red Sox of the Class A Carolina League , a minor league baseball franchise ) , plus 80% of the New England Sports Network ( NESN ) and 50% of Roush Fenway Racing , with cars entered ( as of the 2019 season ) in the NASCAR Cup Series racing competition . In an April 2014 article in Forbes , senior editor Kurt Badenhausen called FSG the most sophisticated , synergistic player in the coming age of international sports conglomerates .
Manchester City Football Club is an English football club based in Manchester that competes in the Premier League , the top flight of English football . Founded in 1880 as St. Mark 's ( West Gorton ) , it became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894 . The club 's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester , to which it moved in 2003 , having played at Maine Road since 1923 . Manchester City entered the Football League in 1899 , and won their first major honour with the FA Cup in 1904 . It had its first major period of success in the late 1960s , winning the League , FA Cup and League Cup under the management of Joe Mercer and Malcolm Allison . After losing the 1981 FA Cup Final , the club went through a period of decline , which eventually saw them relegated as far down as third tier of English football by the end of the 1997-98 season . They since regained promotion to the top tier in 2001-02 and have remained a fixture in the Premier League since 2002-03 . In 2008 , Manchester City was purchased by Abu Dhabi United Group for £210 million and received considerable financial investment . The club have won six domestic league titles . Under the management of Pep Guardiola they won the Premier League in 2018 becoming the only Premier League team to attain 100 points in a single season . In 2019 , they won four trophies , completing an unprecedented sweep of all domestic trophies in England and becoming the first English men 's team to win the domestic treble . Manchester City 's revenue was the fifth highest of a football club in the world in the 2018-19 season at €568.4 million .
The Ownership of Manchester City Football Club traces back to 1894 , when Ardwick A.F.C . dissolved and were reformed as Manchester City Football Club Ltd. Over recent years , the ownership and finances of Manchester City Football Club have been tumultuous with various owners of contrasting fortunes much in line with their inconsistent trend on the pitch and the club 's hierarchy maintain the club is in a period of significant transformation . Since 4 August 2008 , the club has been owned by Sheikh Mansour , one of football 's wealthiest owners , with an estimated individual net worth of at least £17 billion and a family fortune of at least $ 1 trillion . Sheikh Mansour bought the club in 2008 for £210 million in a much publicised deal and has since accumulated annual losses of £535 million , excluding approximately £200 million on facility upgrades . However the value of the club has soared tenfold from £210 million in 2008 to over £2 billion in 2018 according to Forbes representing a realistic opportunity of profit on Mansour 's investment if he was to sell the club to a willing buyer at the market rate . Although the club is still majority owned by Mansour , in 2015 , a 13.79% stake purchase of the club 's parent company , City Football Group ( CFG ) , by the CITIC Group for £265 million valued it at $ 3 billion . The club 's most recent financial report in November 2015 showed a £10 million profit following the elimination of amortised transfer fees and a reduced salary bill which was incurred during the early years of Mansour 's investment - both of which allowed a £100 million net spending on transfers in summer 2015 . In the 2014-15 season , the club are the second richest football club in England by revenue and overall are the sixth worldwide with a revenue of €463.5m according to Deloitte , and have been consistently in the Europe 's Top 20 since 2004 .
Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan bin Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan ( born 20 November 1970 ) , often referred to as Sheikh Mansour , is an Emirati royal who is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates , minister of presidential affairs and member of the royal family of Abu Dhabi . He is the half brother of the current President of UAE , Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan . He is also the chairman of the ministerial council for services , the Emirates Investment Authority and the Emirates Racing Authority . He sits on the Supreme Petroleum Council and the boards of numerous investment companies including the International Petroleum Investment Company ( IPIC ) and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council ( IDIC ) . Mansour also owns stakes in a number of business ventures , including Virgin Galactic and Sky News Arabia . He is also the owner of the privately held Abu Dhabi United Group ( ADUG ) , a specialist investment company that acquired Manchester City Football Club in September 2008 , though immediately handed all responsibility and ownership to Khaldoon Al Mubarak and the City Football Group which has overseen a significant transformation at the club since then . The club have won four top flight league titles for the first time since 1968 , City 's first Premier League titles . On 21 May 2013 , Major League Soccer of the United States announced that its second New York City Metropolitan Area club , to be called New York City FC , would begin play in the 2015 season and majority-owned by Mansour bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan , in association with brothers Hal and Hank Steinbrenner .
The Abu Dhabi United Group for Development and Investment ( ADUG ) , مجموعة أبوظبي الاتحاد للتنمية والاستثمار , ' is a United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) based private equity company owned by Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan , member of the Abu Dhabi Royal Family and Minister of Presidential Affairs for the UAE . The primary interest of the group is its ownership of City Football Group , a worldwide organisation most notably controlling Manchester City F.C , Mumbai City FC , Melbourne City F.C and New York City F.C. , as well as several other international football clubs . However , it also holds interests in various other endeavours outside of the sporting world with an extensive property portfolio in the United Arab Emirates and Manchester . It was initially thought that Abu Dhabi United Group was a part of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority , a sovereign wealth fund owned by Abu Dhabi . But Abu Dhabi United Group had denied connection to the government of Abu Dhabi .
Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford , Greater Manchester , England , that competes in the Premier League , the top flight of English football . Nicknamed the Red Devils , the club was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878 , changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to its current stadium , Old Trafford , in 1910 . Manchester United have won more trophies than any other club in English football , with a record 20 League titles , 12 FA Cups , five League Cups and a record 21 FA Community Shields . United have also won three UEFA Champions Leagues , one UEFA Europa League , one UEFA Cup Winners ' Cup , one UEFA Super Cup , one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup . In 1998-99 , the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the continental European treble . By winning the UEFA Europa League in 2016-17 , they became one of five clubs to have won all three main UEFA club competitions . The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players . In 1968 , under the management of Matt Busby , Manchester United became the first English football club to win the European Cup . Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies as manager , including 13 Premier League titles , 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues , between 1986 and 2013 , when he announced his retirement . Manchester United was the highest-earning football club in the world for 2016-17 , with an annual revenue of €676.3 million , and the world 's third most valuable football club in 2019 , valued at £3.15 billion ( $ 3.81 billion ) . As of June 2015 , it is the world 's most valuable football brand , estimated to be worth $ 1.2 billion . After being floated on the London Stock Exchange in 1991 , the club was purchased by Malcolm Glazer in May 2005 in a deal valuing the club at almost £800 million , after which the company was taken private again , before going public once more in August 2012 , when they made an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange .
Manchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Old Trafford , Greater Manchester . The club was formed as Newton Heath LYR Football Club , the works team of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway depot in Newton Heath , in 1878 . The club split from the railway company in 1892 and remained under private ownership for almost 100 years , changing its name to Manchester United after being saved from bankruptcy in 1902 . The club went public in 1990 and was the subject of takeover bids from property trader Michael Knighton and Rupert Murdoch 's BSkyB corporation before Malcolm Glazer 's stake was announced in September 2003 . By the end of 2003 , Glazer had increased his shareholding from 3.17% to around 15% , which he almost doubled in the year up to October 2004 . His acquisition of John Magnier and J. P. McManus 's 28.7% stake in May 2005 pushed his own up to around 57% , well over the 30% threshold that would force him to launch a takeover bid . A few days later , he took control of 75% of the club 's shares , allowing him to delist the company from the stock exchange , and within a month , the Glazers took 98% ownership of the club via their Red Football parent company , forcing a squeeze out of the remaining 2% . The final purchase price of the club totalled almost £800 million . Most of the capital used by Glazer to purchase Manchester United came in the form of loans , the majority of which were secured against the club 's assets , incurring interest payments of over £60 million per annum . The remainder came in the form of PIK loans ( payment in kind loans ) , which were later sold to hedge funds . Manchester United was not liable for the PIKs , which were held by Red Football Joint Venture and were secured on that company 's shares in Red Football ( and thus the club ) . The interest on the PIKs rolled up at 14.25% per annum .
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football team based in Tampa , Florida . The Buccaneers currently compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) South division . The club joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team , along with the Seattle Seahawks . Tampa Bay played its first season in the American Football Conference ( AFC ) West division as part of the 1976 expansion plan , whereby each new franchise would play every other franchise over the first two years . After the season , the team switched conferences with the Seahawks and became a member of the NFC Central division . During the 2002 league realignment , the Buccaneers joined three former NFC West teams to form the NFC South . The club is owned by the Glazer family , and plays its home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa . The Buccaneers are the first post-merger expansion team to win a division championship , a playoff game , and to host and play in a conference championship game ; all three accomplishments occurred during the 1979 season . They are also the first team since the merger to complete a winning season when starting 10 or more rookies , which happened in the 2010 season . In 1976 and 1977 , the Buccaneers lost their first 26 games . They would not win their first game in franchise history until Week 13 , of 14 , in 1977 . After a brief winning era in the late 1970s and early 1980s , the team suffered through 14 consecutive losing seasons .
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne , Tyne and Wear , that plays in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . Founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End . Per the requirements from the Taylor Report , in response to the Hillsborough disaster , that all Premiership teams have an all-seater stadium , the grounds were adjusted in the mid-1990s and now has a capacity of 52,354. , The team plays its home matches at St James ' Park . The club has been a member of the Premier League for all but three years of the competition 's history , spending 86 seasons in the top tier as of May 2018 , and has never dropped below English football 's second tier since joining the Football League in 1893 . They have won four League Championship titles , six FA Cups and a Charity Shield , as well as the 1969 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and the 2006 UEFA Intertoto Cup , the ninth highest total of trophies won by an English club . The club 's most successful period was between 1904 and 1910 , when they won an FA Cup and three of their First Division titles . The club was relegated in 2009 and again in 2016 . The club won promotion at the first time of asking each time , returning to the Premier League as Championship winners in 2010 and 2017 for the 2017-18 season . Newcastle has a local rivalry with Sunderland , with whom they have contested the Tyne-Wear derby since 1898 . The club 's traditional kit colours are black and white striped shirts , black shorts and black socks . Their crest has elements of the city coat of arms , which features two grey seahorses . Before each home game , the team enters the field to Local Hero , and Blaydon Races is also sung during games .
Michael James Wallace Ashley ( born 9 September 1964 ) is a British billionaire retail entrepreneur in the sporting goods market , and the chief executive of Sports Direct . He entered the department store industry following the acquisition of House of Fraser following administration in 2018 . He is also the owner of Newcastle United after paying around £135 million to buy the club . According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019 , Ashley is worth £1.976 billion , a decrease of £461 million from the previous year . Since Sports Direct International Plc went public , and his purchase of Newcastle United where he took to sitting in the stands with fans , Ashley took on a more public and accessible persona . However , after the departure of Kevin Keegan as manager and the club 's relegation , he has only made low key appearances when attending Newcastle matches .
Frasers Group plc , formerly Sports Direct International plc , is a British retailing group . Established in 1982 by Mike Ashley , the company is the United Kingdom 's largest sports-goods retailer and operates roughly 670 stores worldwide . The company owns many sporting brands and trades predominantly under the SportsDirect.com brand . Other retailers owned by the company include House of Fraser , Flannels , USC and Lillywhites . The company operates under low margins . Sporting and fashion brands owned include Donnay , Slazenger , Firetrap , Everlast , Kangol , Karrimor and Lonsdale , among others . Mike Ashley has continued to hold a majority stake in the business , and his holding has been 61.7 percent since October 2013 . It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and it is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index .
Norwich City Football Club ( also known as The Canaries or City ) is an English professional football club based in Norwich , Norfolk , that competes in the Premier League , the top division of English football . The club was founded in 1902 . Since 1935 , Norwich have played their home games at Carrow Road and have a long-standing and fierce rivalry with East Anglian rivals Ipswich Town , with whom they have contested the East Anglian derby 134 times since 1902 . The fans ' song On the Ball , City is the oldest football chant in the world , written in 1890 and still sung today . Norwich have won the League Cup twice , in 1962 and 1985 . The club 's highest ever league finish came in 1992-93 when it finished third in the top flight . The club participates in characteristic yellow and green kits and are nicknamed The Canaries after the history of breeding the birds in the area ( said to be introduced around the 16th century by a group of European immigrant weavers in the area known as The Strangers ) .
Delia Ann Smith CH CBE ( born 18 June 1941 ) is an English cook and television presenter , known for teaching basic cookery skills in a no-nonsense style . One of the best known celebrity chefs in British popular culture , Smith has influenced viewers to become more culinarily adventurous . She is also famous for her role as joint majority shareholder at Norwich City F.C . Her partner in the shareholding is her husband , Michael Wynn-Jones . In 2012 Smith was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork - the Beatles ' Sgt . Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover - to celebrate the British cultural figures of the last six decades .
Michael Wynn-Jones ( born September 1941 ) is a Welsh writer , editor and publisher . He is the joint majority shareholder of Norwich City Football Club , with his wife , the former television cook Delia Smith .
Sheffield United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the city of Sheffield , South Yorkshire . The club competes in the Premier League , the top division of English football . The football club was formed in 1889 as an offshoot of Sheffield United Cricket Club , and are nicknamed The Blades due to Sheffield 's history of steel production . The club have played their home games at Bramall Lane since their formation in 1889 . Bramall Lane is an all-seater ground with a current capacity of 32,702 . Sheffield United won the original Football League in 1898 and the FA Cup in 1899 , 1902 , 1915 and 1925 . They were beaten finalists in the FA Cup in 1901 and 1936 , and reached the semi-finals in 1961 , 1993 , 1998 , 2003 and 2014 . They reached the semi-finals of the League Cup in 2003 and 2015 . Sheffield United were the first club in English football to achieve promotion from the newly formed Second Division to the First Division in 1892-93 . The club was also a founder member of the Premier League in the 1992-93 season , during which they scored the first ever goal of the Premier League era . Brian Deane was the scorer of the first goal in a 2-1 win at Bramall Lane , against the eventual champions , Manchester United . Since the club 's formation , they have played in tiers 1 through to 4 of the football league .
Abdullah bin Musa'ad bin Abdul Aziz Galaz ( born 19 February 1965 , Riyadh ) ( Arabic : عبد الله بن مساعد بن عبد العزيز آل سعود ) is a Saudi prince and businessman . He is a son of Prince Musa'id bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and was appointed Saudi Arabia 's General President of Youth Welfare in 2014 . He has various business interests including paper manufacturing in his homeland , along with various sporting franchises . He is also the Chairman of Sheffield United Football Club and Beerschot .
Southampton Football Club ( /saʊθˈ ( h ) æmptən/ ( listen ) ) is a professional association football club based in Southampton , Hampshire , England , which plays in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary 's Stadium , before which they were based at The Dell . The club has been nicknamed The Saints since its inception in 1885 due to its history as a church football team , founded as St. Mary 's Church of England Young Men 's Association , and play in red and white shirts . Southampton has a long-standing rivalry with Portsmouth due to its proximity and both cities ' respective maritime history . Matches between the two sides are known as the South Coast derby .
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Tottenham ( /ˈtɒtənəm/ ) or Spurs , is an English professional football club in Tottenham , London , that competes in the Premier League . Tottenham Hotspur Stadium has been the club 's home ground since April 2019 , replacing their former home of White Hart Lane , which had been demolished to make way for the new stadium on the same site . Their training ground is on Hotspur Way in Bulls Cross in the London Borough of Enfield . The club is owned by ENIC Group . Tottenham have played in a first ( home ) strip of white shirts and navy blue shorts since the 1898-99 season . The club 's emblem is a cockerel standing upon a football , with a Latin motto Audere est Facere ( To Dare Is to Do ) . Founded in 1882 , Tottenham won the FA Cup for the first time in 1901 , the only non-League club to do so since the formation of the Football League in 1888 . Tottenham were the first club in the 20th century to achieve the League and FA Cup Double , winning both competitions in the 1960-61 season . After successfully defending the FA Cup in 1962 , in 1963 they became the first British club to win a UEFA club competition - the European Cup Winners ' Cup . They were also the inaugural winners of the UEFA Cup in 1972 , becoming the first British club to win two different major European trophies . They have collected at least one major trophy in each of the six decades from the 1950s to 2000s - an achievement only matched by Manchester United . In total , Spurs have won two league titles , eight FA Cups , four League Cups , seven FA Community Shields , one European Cup Winners ' Cup and two UEFA Cups .
Joseph C. Lewis ( born 5 February 1937 ) is a British businessman and investor , who lives in New Providence in the Bahamas . According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019 , Lewis has a net worth of £4.358 billion , an increase of £462 million from 2018 .
Daniel Philip Levy ( born 8 February 1962 ) is a British businessman and the current chairman of Premier League football side Tottenham Hotspur . He has held this post since 2001 , making him the longest-serving chairman in the Premier League .
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club in Watford , Hertfordshire . The club recognises its foundation as 1881 , aligned with that of its antecedent , Watford Rovers , and was established as Watford Football Club in 1898 . After finishing the 1914-15 season as Southern League champions under the management of Harry Kent , Watford joined the Football League in 1920 . The club played at several grounds in its early history , before moving to Vicarage Road in 1922 . Graham Taylor 's tenure as manager at the club between 1977 and 1987 saw Watford rise from the Fourth to the First Division . The team finished second in the First Division in 1982-83 , competed in the UEFA Cup in 1983-84 , and reached the 1984 FA Cup Final . Watford declined between 1987 and 1997 , before Taylor returned as manager , leading the team to successive promotions from the renamed Second Division [ a ] to the Premier League for one season in 1999-2000 . The club played in the top division of English football in 2006-07 , under Aidy Boothroyd 's management . Watford secured promotion in 2014-15 , and have competed in the Premier League since 2015-16 .
Gino Pozzo is an Italian businessman and managing director and legal owner of Watford F.C . He is son of Italian businessman Giampaolo Pozzo and a member of the prominent Italian business-owning Pozzo family . Pozzo resides in Watford ( about 15 miles northwest of Central London ) and is reportedly heavily involved in the day-to-day running of the football club , as well as negotiating transfers between his father 's football club Udinese Calcio in Italy . Gino Pozzo is married to a Mrs Carla Pozzo and they have two daughters and son together . They currently all live in Watford and a house in Spain .
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stratford , East London . They compete in the Premier League , the top tier of English football . The club play at the London Stadium , having moved from their former home the Boleyn Ground in 2016 . The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United . They moved to the Boleyn Ground in 1904 , which remained their home ground for more than a century . The team initially competed in the Southern League and Western League before joining the Football League in 1919 . They were promoted to the top flight in 1923 , when they were also losing finalists in the first FA Cup Final held at Wembley . In 1940 , the club won the inaugural Football League War Cup . West Ham have been winners of the FA Cup three times , in 1964 , 1975 , and 1980 , and have also been runners-up twice , in 1923 , and 2006 . The club have reached two major European finals , winning the European Cup Winners ' Cup in 1965 and finishing runners-up in the same competition in 1976 . West Ham also won the Intertoto Cup in 1999 . They are one of eight clubs never to have fallen below the second tier of English football , spending 61 of 93 league seasons in the top flight , up to and including the 2018-19 season .
David Sullivan ( born 5 February 1949 ) is a Welsh businessman and former pornographer . He graduated in Economics from Queen Mary College , University of London . From 1986 to 2007 , he owned the Daily Sport and Sunday Sport which he sold for £40 million . According to The Sunday Times Rich List in 2019 , Sullivan is worth £1.15 billion . He is the Joint-Chairman and largest single shareholder of Premier League football team West Ham United F.C . He was previously Joint-Chairman of Birmingham City F.C .
David Gold ( born 9 September 1936 in Stepney , East London ) is an English businessman . He was the chairman of Birmingham City Football Club until 2009 . Since 2010 , he has been the joint chairman of West Ham United .
The Daily Sport was a tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom by Daily Sport Ltd. , which specialised in celebrity news and softcore pornographic stories and images . The daily paper was launched in 1991 by David Sullivan , following its former Sunday sister title , Sunday Sport ( first published in 1986 ) . It ceased publication and entered administration on 1 April 2011 . Following the purchase on 7 June by the telecom , travel and internet entrepreneur Grant Miller , the new online Daily Sport was re-launched on 17 August 2011 with sports coverage plus classified advertising for the first time in its twenty-year history . There are not thought to be any plans for a re launch ; however , Midweek Sport , Weekend Sport and Sunday Sport are still published by Sunday Sport ( 2011 ) Ltd .
Sunday Sport is a British tabloid newspaper , published by Sport Newspapers , which was originally established in 1986 . Defenders of the publication have said the Sport was never intended to be taken seriously : it has featured such stories as a London Bus being discovered at the Antarctic , a World War II Bomber on the Moon , or a statue of Elvis Presley on Mars . Its content also includes a high quotient of softcore female nudity and advertising for sexual services .
GSO Capital Partners is a privately owned hedge fund and the credit investment arm of The Blackstone Group . GSO is one of the largest credit-oriented alternative asset managers in the world and a major participant in the leveraged finance marketplace . The firm invests across a variety of credit oriented strategies and products including collateralized loan obligation vehicles investing in secured loans , hedge funds focused on special situations investments , mezzanine debt funds and private equity funds focused on rescue financing . The firm , which was founded in 2005 , is headquartered in New York City with offices in London , Dublin , and Houston , Texas . The firm is named for its three founding partners Bennett Goodman , Tripp Smith , and Doug Ostrover who had previously worked together at Donaldson , Lufkin & Jenrette and later Credit Suisse First Boston . As of 2018 , GSO manages approximately $ 140 billion of assets and operates as the credit-focused subsidiary of The Blackstone Group ( NYSE : BX ) .
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club /ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/ ( listen ) , commonly known as Wolves , is an English professional football club based in Wolverhampton , West Midlands . Formed as St. Luke 's FC in 1877 , the club has played at Molineux Stadium since 1889 and competes in the Premier League , the top division of English football , after winning the 2017-18 EFL Championship . The Wolves also compete in the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League : this is the first time the club has qualified for a European tournament for 39 years , by virtue of finishing in seventh place in the 2018-19 Premier League , their first season in the top tier since the 2011-12 season . Wolves was one of the founding members of the Football League in 1888 . The club in 2019-20 is enjoying its 65th season of top flight football ; Wolves 's longest continuous period in the top tier was 26 consecutive seasons in the 33 years between 1932 and 1965 ( n.b . there was no league football between 1939 and 1946 due to World War II ) . In the 1950s , Wolves were English League champions three times ( 1953-54 , 1957-58 and 1958-59 ) , under the management of Stan Cullis . Wolves have also finished League runners-up on five occasions , most recently in 1959-60 . Wolves have won the FA Cup four times , most recently in 1960 , and finished runners-up on a further four occasions . The club has also won the Football League Cup twice , in 1974 and 1980 . In 1953 , Wolves was one of the first British clubs to install floodlights , taking part in televised floodlit friendlies against leading overseas club sides between 1953 and 1956 in the run-up to the creation of the European Cup in 1955 and the first participation of an English club side in that competition in 1956 . Wolves reached the quarter-finals of the 1959-60 European Cup and the semi-finals of the 1960-61 European Cup Winners ' Cup , and were runners-up to Tottenham Hotspur in the inaugural UEFA Cup Final in 1972 .
Guo Guangchang ( simplified Chinese : 郭广昌 ; traditional Chinese : 郭廣昌 , born February 1967 ) is a Chinese businessman and investor . He is the chairman and co-founder of Fosun International Limited , and a representative of the 12th Chinese People 's Political Consultative Conference . According to Hurun Report 's 2019 China Rich List he was the 45th richest person in China . As of the end of 2019 he was listed as the 50th richest person in China by Forbes , with a net worth of $ 6.5 billion .
Fosun International Limited is a Chinese conglomerate and investment company . Founded in 1992 by Guo Guangchang and four others , the company is headquartered in Shanghai and was incorporated in Hong Kong in 2004 . Its CEO is Wang Qunbin , who replaced Liang Xinjun who resigned in March 2017 . Guo Guangchang remains as the chairman of Fosun International . The company is located in 16 countries and ranked 416th on the Forbes Global 2000 ranking .