Todd Boehly, the new owner and CEO of Chelsea, is an American businessman and investor whose fortune is estimated at more than $4,200 million according to Forbes. It owns 27% of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers and 20% of the American National Baseball League’s Los Angeles Dodgers, among others. He is also a co-owner of the Los Angeles Sparks, a women’s team in the WNBA.
Who is Todd Boehly, Chelsea’s new millionaire owner?
At the age of 48, Boehly lands in London to follow the path laid out by Russian Roman Abramovich and continue to place Chelsea at the forefront of Europe, keeping the club in contention for all the titles it competes in. Since his arrival, Chelsea have invested more than 600 million in signings such as Mudryk or Joao Félix.
A purchase for 5,000 million euros
Of the 5,000 million that the group of investors led by Boehly, the new owner of Chelsea, has allocated only 3,000 to purchase the club, in the case of the largest operation ever carried out for the takeover of a sports entity. Boehly is also president of ‘Eldridge Industries’ company, an investment fund founded in 2015 and based in Connecticut.
Before the quarterfinals at the Santiago Bernabéu against Real Madrid, he predicted an infusion from his team. The result, 2-0 in favor of the Whites in the first leg.
Source: Goal