Bill Foley (ɗan kasuwa)

**William Patrick Foley II** (an haife shi a ranar 29 ga Disamba, 1944) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Amurka kuma tsohon lauya, ƙwararre a fannin ayyukan kuɗi. Shi ne shugaban Fidelity National Financial, Cannae Holdings da Black Knight Financial Services .  Foley shine babban mai zuba jari, shugaba, kuma babban jami'in gudanarwa na Black Knight Sports & Entertainment, wani kamfani da ke da Vegas Golden Knights . Shi ne mamallakin ƙungiyar Indoor Football League Vegas Knight Hawks .  Shi ne babban abokin hulɗa na Black Knight Football Club,  wanda ke da ƙungiyar Premier League AFC Bournemouth (Ingila), ƙungiyar A-League Auckland FC (New Zealand), ƙungiyar Primeira Liga Moreirense (Portugal) kuma yana da hannun jari a ƙungiyar Ligue 1 Lorient (Faransa). Ya zuwa shekarar 2023, yana da kimanin dala biliyan 1.6 a cewar *Forbes* .

## Bayani
Tun yana girma, Foley ya fi zama a Texas tare da iyalinsa da kuma danginsa, waɗanda makiyaya ne. Na ɗan lokaci, ya zauna a Ottawa, Ontario, lokacin da aka tura mahaifinsa aiki a rundunar sojin sama ta Amurka a can. Foley yana buga wasan hockey mai sheƙi, wani nau'in wasan hockey na kankara, kuma ya fara jin daɗin wasan tsawon rayuwarsa. 

Foley ya halarci Kwalejin Soja ta Amurka . A lokacin da yake kadet, ya sami dala 40,000 a kasuwar hannun jari, wanda ya zuba jari a lokacin hutunsa. Bayan kammala karatunsa daga West Point, an nada Foley a matsayin Laftanar na Biyu a Rundunar Sojan Sama, inda a lokacin aikinsa ya yi shawarwari kan kwangilolin tsaro na miliyoyin daloli da Boeing . Bayan ya bar Rundunar Sojan Sama, Foley ya sami digirinsa na JD daga Jami'ar Washington a 1974 kuma ya koma aikin lauya. Daga baya, ya sayi kuma ya farfaɗo da kamfanin inshora na Fidelity National Financial wanda ke fama da wahala a lokacin. Ya ci gaba da zuba jari a wuraren yin giya, wuraren wasan golf, otal-otal, wuraren shakatawa na kankara, gidajen nama, gidajen cin abinci masu sauri da masana'antun kayan mota.

## Mallakar wasanni
A lokacin da Foley ke zaune a Jacksonville, Florida, ya yi bincike kan siyan Jacksonville Jaguars na National Football League, kafin Shahid Khan ya sayi ƙungiyar. 

A ƙarshen shekarar 2006, Foley ta zama mafi yawan masu hannun jari na Winter Sports, Inc. (WSI), mai kula da Whitefish Mountain Resort, a Whitefish, Montana .  Foley ya karɓi WSI ta hanyar jerin raba hannun jari guda biyu wanda ya ɗauki WSI daga wani kamfani da aka yi ciniki da shi a bainar jama'a, tare da masu hannun jari da yawa da ke zaune a Flathead Valley na gida, zuwa wani kamfani mai zaman kansa na S. Foley ya sami damar siyan kashi 27% na hannun jarin WSI da ba a biya ba a farkon shekarun 2000 daga Richard A. Dasen, wani mai hannun jari na gida wanda aka tsare a gidan yari saboda laifuka 14 da suka shafi karuwanci.  

A watan Yunin 2016, an ba Foley da Black Knight Sports & Entertainment kyautar faɗaɗa gasar Hockey League ta ƙasa wadda ta zama Vegas Golden Knights .  Golden Knights sun fara wasa a kakar wasa ta 2017-18 a sabon filin wasa na T-Mobile, kuma sun mallaki ƙaramin kamfanin.   Foley ya yi alƙawarin lashe Kofin Stanley a cikin shekaru shida, kuma Golden Knights sun cika wannan alƙawarin a 2023.  A shekarar 2020, Black Knight Sports & Entertainment ta sayi ƙungiyar American Hockey League don yin aiki a matsayin ƙungiyar ci gaba ga Golden Knights, ta ƙaura da San Antonio Rampage don zama Henderson Silver Knights .  Silver Knights sun buga wasa a wajen Orleans Arena har sai da aka kammala Cibiyar Ba da Lamuni ta Dollar, wadda Black Knight Sports & Entertainment ke gudanarwa, a 2022. 

A shekarar 2021, Foley ya sanar da cewa Black Knight Sports & Entertainment ta sayi ƙungiyar faɗaɗawa a gasar ƙwallon ƙafa ta cikin gida don fara wasa a shekarar 2022 a Cibiyar Ba da Lamuni ta Dollar da ke Henderson, Nevada .  A ranar 23 ga Agusta, 2021, ƙungiyar ta bayyana sunanta da tambarinta a matsayin Vegas Knight Hawks . 

A ranar 13 ga Disamba, 2022, ƙungiyar masu zuba jari ƙarƙashin jagorancin Foley ta kammala yarjejeniyar siyan ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Ingila AFC Bournemouth, inda Foley zai zama shugaban ƙungiyar. Kafin yarjejeniyar, ya halarci ɗaya daga cikin wasannin Premier da Bournemouth ta buga da Leicester City, inda *Cherries* suka yi nasara da ci 2-1.    A ranar 13 ga Janairu, 2023, Foley ya sami babban hannun jari a ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Faransa Lorient, inda ya ƙirƙiri haɗin gwiwa da Bournemouth. 

A ranar 11 ga Oktoba, 2023, ƙungiyar ƙwararrun 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa ta Australia (APL) ta sanar da Foley a matsayin wanda aka fi so ya zama mamallakin sabuwar ƙungiyar faɗaɗa wasannin ƙwallon ƙafa ta A-Leagues, wacce ke Auckland, New Zealand.  APL ta tabbatar da cewa za a ba wa sabuwar ƙungiyar lasisi a ƙarƙashin ikon Foley a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba, inda za a gabatar da ƙungiyar maza ta Auckland FC don kakar wasannin maza na A-League na 2024–25, sannan ƙungiyar mata za ta fafata daga 2025–26 zuwa gaba. 

A wani taron AGM da aka gudanar a watan Fabrairun 2024, Black Knight ta amince da yarjejeniyar zama babban mai hannun jari a ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Scotland ta Hibernian .  Sakamakon wannan yarjejeniyar shine Black Knight za ta sayi kashi 25% na Hibs akan jarin £6 miliyan, yayin da iyalan Gordon za su ci gaba da riƙe rinjayensu (60%) na ƙungiyar.  An naɗa Foley a kwamitin gudanarwa na ƙungiyar jim kaɗan bayan haka. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Tun daga shekarar 1969, Foley ya auri Carol Johnson, tsohuwar mai hidimar jirgin sama ta United Airlines, wacce take da 'ya'ya huɗu da ita.  Matarsa da 'ya'yansa mata duk suna cikin harkar giya ta iyali,  yayin da ɗansa kuma shi ne babban jami'in kasuwanci na Vegas Golden Knights .  Ɗansa kuma, wanda shi ma yana cikin harkar yin giya, ya mutu yana da shekaru 31 a watan Agusta 2018, sakamakon raunin kai da ya samu.  

Foley mai goyon bayan kuɗi ne ga Shugaba Donald Trump . 

## Manazarta