Ownership of Premier League clubs has never been more important. A few years ago, fans might not have cared who the owner of the club was. But now the team must have an owner who is willing to pay for the transfer.
Now, teams such as Newcastle United and Manchester City are essentially "state-owned enterprises" in the petro-state, and the number of billionaire owners is growing. If the team does not have a wealthy owner, it will be difficult to remain competitive in the Premier League. Below we will rank the wealth of each Premier League owner.
Premier League team owners wealth rankings
1.纽卡斯尔联-沙特公共投资基金、RB Sports & Media、PCP Capital Partners
Net worth: £489 billion
Newcastle United have one of the richest owners in the world, with the team chaired by Mohammed bin Salman and managed by Yasser Rumanyan, and they could follow in Manchester City's footsteps and dominate English football in the coming years. They have already made their mark in the Champions League and there is no doubt that they will continue to squander their almost limitless cash once the opportunity arises.
2. Manchester United - Glazer Family, Ratcliffe
Net worth: £22.01 billion
Few team owners are more hated by their own fans than the Glazer family. After the death of their father, Malcolm Glazer, the Glazer brothers took over the team. Joel Glazer and Avram Glazer have been accused of neglecting training facilities and Old Trafford, spending eye-watering sums of money over the years on players such as Paul Pogba, Jadon Sancho and Angel Di Maria.
Ratcliffe bought a 27% stake in Manchester United in February 2024, and the English billionaire also owns Ligue 1's Nice. According to Forbes, Ratcliffe's net worth is around £18.3 billion, making Manchester United the second richest Premier League team.
3. Manchester City-Abu Dhabi Consortium (City Football Group), Silver Lake Capital
Net worth: £17.37 billion
Mansour bought Manchester City in 2008 and transformed it into one of the best teams in world football. Mansour is the UAE's Deputy Prime Minister and a member of the Abu Dhabi royal family. Mansour has witnessed an incredibly successful era since taking charge of Manchester City, with the city winning three domestic trophies (the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup) and the Champions League. In Mansour's 15 years at the helm, Manchester City's results have continued to improve, and they have overtaken Manchester United to become the top team in Manchester.
4. Chelsea - Todd Boehly, Hansjög Wise, Mark Walter
Net worth: £12.47 billion
Todd Boehly bought Chelsea from Roman Abramovich for £4.2bn and has poured heavily into the team but has not achieved much. Todd Boehly has provided more than $1 billion in transfer funds to 30 different players. Todd Burleigh is the co-founder and chairman of a private investment firm called Elridge Industries. He also owns a stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.
5. Arsenal - Stan Kroenke
Net worth: £10.18 billion
In 1974, Stan Kroenke married Ann Walton, the heiress of Walmart in the United States. Subsequently, he founded a real estate development group. Under Kroenke, Arsenal have endured years of slumps but are now a true title contender under Mikel Arteta. He also owns other sports teams, including the Los Angeles Rams, Denver Nuggets, and Colorado Rapids. Kroenke had been criticised for not investing enough transfer money on players, but those complaints have since been put to rest. Declan Rice is the most expensive signing in Gunners history – £105million from West Ham United.
6. Aston Villa-Wes Edens, Nasef Saviris
Net worth: £9.39 billion
Nasef Saviris is the youngest son of Ola Saviris, Egypt's richest man. He bought a 55 per cent stake in Aston Villa, freeing the team from Xia Jiantong's management. In recent years, he has provided Aston Villa with generous funding, which has led Unai Emery to European competition after signing some big contracts.
7. Everton-American investment firm 777 Partners
Net worth: £8 billion
777 Partners, who have invested in Everton, are worth a whopping £8 billion, and they also own stakes in seven other football clubs – Sevilla, Genoa, Standard Liege, Red Star, Vasco da Gama, Hertha Berlin and Melbourne Victory. However, according to media reports, 777 Partners has requested an extension to raise the funds needed to acquire Moxley's 94.1% stake in Everton.
8. Liverpool - John S. W. Henry, Tom Warner
Net worth: £7.74 billion
John Henry is the head of Fenway Sports Group and has been at the helm of Liverpool since 2010. Considering that there are seven clubs whose owners are richer than Liverpool, their success since Jurgen Klopp took over in October 2015 has been quite remarkable. But it has to be said that when Klopp asks for it, FSG always pulls out of their pockets to facilitate a transfer. Virgil van Dijk, Alisson and Darwin Nunez are the most expensive signings under the American consortium.
9. Fulham-Shehid Khan
Net assets: £6.24 billion
10. West Ham United - David Sullivan, Daniel Kretsinski
Net worth: £5.76 billion
11.狼队-郭广昌、梁信军、汪群斌
Net assets: £5.45 billion
Guo Guangchang, a former chairman of Fosun Group, bought Wolves in 2016 for just £45 million and helped them return to the Premier League. Despite the extremely wealthy Wolves owners, the club will have to limit its activities in the transfer market in 2023 in order to comply with the rules of financial fair play.
12. Tottenham - Joe Lewis, Daniel Levy
Net worth: £4.58 billion
13. Crystal Palace - John Tekter, David Blitzer, Josh Harris, Steve Parish
Net worth: £4.34 billion
14. Bournemouth-William S. P. Foley
Net assets: £1.26 billion
15. Brighton-Tony Bloom
Net worth: £1.03 billion
16. Nottingham Forest - Evangelos Marinacis
Net assets: £489 million
17. Brentford-Matthew Benham
Net worth: £220 million
18.谢菲尔德联-Abdullah bin Mas'ad al-Saud(沙特王子)
Net worth: £158 million
19. Luton-David Wilkinson
Net worth: £25.74 million
20. Burnley-Alain Pace
Net Worth: Unknown
Alain Pace is the Managing Partner of ALK Capital. ALK Capital's sports investment arm, Velocity Sports Partners (VSP), bought an 84% stake in Burnley for £170 million in December 2020. But as of March 2024, Pace's net worth is currently unknown.