Top 10 Richest Owners of Football Club

Football as the most popular game in the world has seen many billionaires investing and buying clubs. Here in this write up i will be listing the top 10 Richest football club owner… They are measured base on their riches, net worth e.t.c. 1. Carlos Slim Helu-CF Pachuca and Club Leon, Liga MX: Carlos Slim is a businessman from Mexico, He has business and investment in technology, retailing, finance and telecommunications., He owns a conglomeration a Grupo Carso whioch manage holdings.He is the owner of the Mexican league club:Club Leon and Pachuca. The two club are doing well, Club Leon finish 15th last season while Pachuca finish 4th. 2. Amancio Ortega – Deportivo de la Coruna, Segunda Division: He owns owns Deportivo de la Coruna, which was the La Liga champion as recently as the 2000 season.Thou last season it finish 19th, Which relegated them to the Segunda Division. He is from spain and owns many companies. 3. George Soros – Manchester United, English Premier League: He is an American business man, a popular supporter of progressive and liberal causes which made him to give away almost $8 billion to human rights, health and education causes. He has 7.9 percent of Manchester United and the most successful clubs in England and in the world. the team is now facing a new challenge this year with the departure of their long-time manager Sir Alex Ferguson. David Moyes, the new manager, who has failed to make the club a big-time purchase for the season. Lets see how season will end. 4. Alisher Usmanov – Arsenal FC, English Premier League : He is from Russia, He is a majority shareholder of many conglomerate, he owns two federal channels and about 33 regional television station. He is a co- owner of arsenal. Thou arsenal don’t win trophy, they make him lots of money. They Hope to make a change this time with the purchase of Ozil from Madrid. 5. Lakshmi Mittal – Queens Park Rangers FC, The Championship : Lakshmi Mittal is the Chairman and CEO of Arcelor Mittal, which is the world the largest makers of steel. He owns a 34 percent share of Queens Park Rangers, while the others belong to Tony Fernandes. They Finished 20 th in the Premier League, which relegated them to the second- tier Championship. 6. Rinat Akhmetov – Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukrainian Premier League : He is a businessman from Ukraine. He owns the mighty Shakhtar Donetsk in the ukraine premier league. 7. Francois Henri Pinault– Stade Rennais, Ligue 1: Francois Henri Pinault is from France, He owns a French top flight Stade Rennais.They finished 13 th last year. 8. Paul Allen – Seattle Sounders FC, Major League Soccer : He is a billionaire businessman man and a co-founder with bill gate the world richest man and founder of microsoft. He is the owner of the Major League Soccer Seattle Sounders. They finished 7th overall last season. 9. John Fredriksen – Valerenga Fotball, Tippeligaen: He is consider as the richest man in Norway. John is a businessman who earned his wealth from oil tankers and shipping. The teams has been league champions five times and cup winners four times but they place 8th last season. 10. Roman Abramovich – Chelsea FC, English Premier League: He well know for is club chelsea and his huge yatch. Abramovich is a Russian billionaire tycoon and owner of the private investment company called Millhouse LLC. With his investment in chealse the team has experience lots of success in past years. He wants to take more of the tittle this year by bringing back Jose mourinho and purchase of other valuable players. Hope it works for him. Which Club do you support and tell us what you think about the list and using the comment form below.