Arsenal — Stan Kroenke (USA) Aston Villa — V Sports consortium: Nassef Sawiris (Egypt) & Wes Edens (USA) Bournemouth — Bill Foley (USA) Brentford — Matthew Benham (England) Brighton & Hove Albion — Tony Bloom (England) Chelsea — BlueCo: Todd Boehly & Clearlake Capital (USA) Coventry City — Doug King (England) Crystal Palace — Consortium: Chairman Steve Parish (England) with US investors Everton — The Friedkin Group / Dan Friedkin (USA) Fulham — Shahid Khan (USA; Pakistani-born) Hull City — Acun Ilıcalı (Turkey) Ipswich Town — Gamechanger 20 / ORG (primarily USA) Leeds United — 49ers Enterprises (USA) Liverpool — Fenway Sports Group / John Henry (USA) Manchester City — City Football Group / Sheikh Mansour, Abu Dhabi (UAE) Manchester United — Glazer family (USA, majority) + Sir Jim Ratcliffe / INEOS (England, football operations) Newcastle United — Saudi Public Investment Fund PIF (majority, Saudi Arabia) Nottingham Forest — Evangelos Marinakis (Greece) Sunderland — Kyril Louis-Dreyfus (French-Swiss) Tottenham Hotspur — ENIC / Lewis family & chairman Daniel Levy (England)
Looking at this picture, it is seen that the Premier League is largely dominated by American capital: the owners or main partners of nearly half of the 20 clubs are of US origin. Alongside this, Gulf capital (the UAE-origin owners of Manchester City and the Saudi Arabia-origin owners of Newcastle) also stands out among the league's strongest clubs.
English-origin owners, meanwhile, form an increasingly shrinking group: Brentford, Brighton, Coventry, and Tottenham can be evaluated in this category. From the European continent, Greek (Nottingham Forest) and French-Swiss (Sunderland) owners draw attention. For Turkish football fans, the most interesting detail is undoubtedly Hull City: the club owned by Acun Ilıcalı returned to the Premier League after a nine-year absence.
In conclusion, the ownership map of the Premier League clearly shows that modern football has turned into a global investment arena. This diversity, ranging from American investment groups to Gulf state funds, from European business people to a Turkish media boss, reflects the international identity of the world's richest league.
Source: Based on international football-finance sources and clubs' publicly available ownership information. Consortium structures can change from time to time.
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