In recent years has seen an influx of mega rich owners buying and taking control of some of the biggest clubs in the game.
Russian billionaire was amongst the first to enter the beautiful game when he purchased in 2003 for £140 million.
Since then, businessman and some of the biggest companies in the world have all poured money into their new clubs in a football arms race to sign the best talents and win the biggest prizes in the game.
But which football club owner is the richest in the world? Here is everything you need to know.
Who is the richest football club owner in the world?
The richest football club owner tag belongs to the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund, who bought an 80% stake in for .
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Salman heads up the Public Investment Fund, which according to the has an estimated wealth of around £360billion making it one of the largest sovereign wealth funds in the world.
The crown prince bin Salman has an estimated personal wealth of £14.8 billion.
Despite the crown prince heading up the Public Investment Fund, the owners have assured the that the Saudi state will play no part in the running of the club, which would contravene Premier League ownership rules.
The Public Investment Fund governor Yasir Al-Rumayyan has been appointed as chairman of Newcastle, who runs the club with RB Sports & Media and PCP Capital Partners who have both bought a 10% stake in the club.
The Public Investment Fund has also invested in many other projects and companies around the world, particularly in the energy sector.
The Saudi Arabian takeover of Newcastle has from many people within football, who have accused the new owners of using the club as a sportswashing vehicle to detract from the country’s record.
Top 10 richest football owners in world football
The top 10 richest football club owners in the world according to , along with their clubs and net worths, are as follows:
- Public Investment Fund, Newcastle United – $430 billion (£320 billion)
- Sheikh Mansour, Manchester City – $20billion (£16.8 billion)
- Dietrich Mateschitz, Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig, NY Red Bulls – $19.4billion (£16.4 billion)
- Andrea Agnelli & family, Juventus – $13.5billion (£11.4 billion)
- Dietmar Hopp, Hoffenheim – $13 billion (£11 billion)
- Philip Anschutz, LA Galaxy – $10 billion (£8.4 billion)
- Stan Kroenke, Arsenal – $9 billion (£7.6 billion)
- Nasser Al-Khelaifi, Paris Saint-Germain FC – $8 billion (£6.7 billion)
- Zhang Jindong, Inter Milan – $7.6 billion (£6.4 billion)
- Guo Guangchang, Wolverhampton Wanderers – $6.1 billion (£5.2billion)
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