Forbes recently released a list of the richest sport club owners in the world and NAIJ.com has selected the men named as the richest football club owners in the world.
For this list we only take a look at owners who own over 50% of a club hence many many are missing like Silvio Bersculoni who owners a part of AC Milan, Alisher Usmanov who owns 33% of Arsenal are excluded.
Some of the club owners own other football teams which have also been listed while their ranking worldwide have also been indicated.
These are the five richest football club owners according to Forbes;
1. (86) Dietrich Mateschitz
Net worth: $13.4 billion
Source of wealth: Red Bull
Football team: New York Red Bulls, Other teams: Red Bull Racing, Scuderia Toro Rosso
Mateschitz, owns the popular Red Bull energy drink brand
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2.(96) Philip Anschutz
Net worth: $12.5 billion
Source of wealth: Investments
Football teams: LA Galaxy. Other team: Los Angeles Kings
The American owns LA Galaxy who play in the MLS. David Beckham famously played for Galaxy
3. (139) Roman Abramovich
Net worth: $9.1 billion
Source of wealth: Steel, investments
Football team: Chelsea, other teams: none
Abramovich has been owner of Chelsea since 2003
4. (182) Stanley Kroenke
Net worth: $7.5 billion
Source of wealth: Sports, real estate
Football teams: Arsenal, Other teams: Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Los Angeles Rams
Kroenke owns lots of sport teams
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5. (269) Joe Lewis
Net worth: $5.6 billion
Source of wealth: Investments
Team: Tottenham Hotspur FC
Joe Lewis is a boyhood fan of Tottenham Hotspurs
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