On October 8, Beijing time, Newcastle, the deputy head of the Premier League and an unwinned game this season, was acquired by the Saudi consortium "public investment fund" (pif). Since 2017, beauty businessman Amanda Staveli has been leading a consortium backed by Saudi Arabia in an attempt to take over the Newcastle club, according to British media reports. In the newcastle club's change of ownership deal, Pif owns 80% of the shares, the Royburn brothers account for 10%, and the other 10% of the shares belong to Staffier. The British media "The Sun" recently wrote an article introducing the profile and anecdotes of this female financier.
Staffwelly watched the Newcastle match live according to Visual China
At the age of 16, he was admitted to Cambridge and started his career as a "restaurant waiter"
Born in 1973, the rich woman has a rather legendary experience. She was born in North Yorkshire to a prominent family, her father and grandfather were investors, and her mother was a supermodel.
Staffiveli grew up in an aristocratic school, in addition to excellent academic performance, Staffelli's athletic talent is quite good, at the age of 14, her 100 meters can already run 12.6 seconds, unfortunately, due to a serious Achilles tendon injury, Staffiveli had to focus on her studies.
Staffwelly was admitted to Cambridge University at the age of 16, and during his time at the school, Staffwelly, who was more than 1.8 meters tall, also worked part-time as a model. However, due to family changes, Staffieri was hit hard, she did not finish her studies, and chose to withdraw from Cambridge.
In 1996, the 23-year-old Staffieri took out a £180,000 loan to open a restaurant, where she herself worked as a chef and waiter – usually working until 4am to make sure she was ready the next day. Even so, she continued her studies at a local university in order to become a financial consultant in the future.
Staffieri's restaurant is close to the famous Newmarket Racecourse, a frequent gathering place for British dignitaries, Arab princes or Internet tycoons, and Staffilli has amassed a wealth of contacts.
Rejecting the British prince's marriage proposal, the brain disease could not be cured
A year later, Prince Andrew, then Britain's trade ambassador, began dating Staveli, who reportedly called Prince Andrew a "baby" and Prince Andrew often sent her funny jokes in text messages and emails.
Staffville met Prince Andrew in 2001 and they dated for two years
Staffville was also invited to Buckingham Palace, where she also helped Prince Andrew decorate his home in Windsor Grand Park. However, in 2003, Staffiery rejected Prince Andrew's marriage proposal. "Andrew is a lovely man and I still care a lot about him," she told the Daily Mail. "But if I marry him, my independence will disappear."
In 2011, Stavioli finally chose to marry the Iranian businessman Hodos, and the marriage continues to this day.
Stavioli married the Iranian businessman Hodos
In 2013, Staveli was diagnosed with Huntington's disease. This is a genetic disease that causes brain cell death, the early symptoms are mainly mild emotional or intellectual problems, and later severe even lead to aphasia and dementia, and there is currently no cure for the disease.
Staffiveli has said stress can cause her to have an attack on her illness, which is fatal. At present, Stavelli is still battling the disease, but fortunately, her condition has not developed particularly significantly.
Staffieri also said: "My husband is very loving and patient and did not want to be with him when I was diagnosed with this disease, but he said he would not care and we would find the best medical treatment." ”
Stavelli and her husband Gerhodos figure visual China
The acquisition of Newcastle is not the first time Thatvelli has been in contact with a Premier League team, she has been involved in Mansour's acquisition of Manchester City and has also tried to buy a 48% stake in Liverpool with Dubai's International Capital Company.
British media revealed that according to incomplete statistics, Stavioli's current wealth exceeds 110 million pounds. After becoming CEO of Newcastle, Staffery said that her goal is to make Newcastle the world's top club, the Premier League champion and the Champions League champion are the team's goals!
Edited by Ou Peng
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