Todd Boehly’s consortium has won the £4.25billion race to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich.
Here is a look at the main players in the most lucrative takeover in sports franchise history.
Todd Boehly is co-owner of the LA dodgers and face of this new ownership group. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP
Todd BoehlyThe Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner is the co-founder and chief executive of Eldridge Industries. Boehly set up the private investment firm in 2015, having flourished at Guggenheim Partners since 2001. The 46-year-old boasts a personal net worth of 4.6 billion US dollars according to Forbes. Boehly made a bid to buy Chelsea in 2019, carrying out significant due diligence on the Stamford Bridge club. That groundwork handed Boehly an edge this time around, with just eight weeks to race through a takeover that could take nine or more months under no pressure.
Clearlake CapitalBehdad Eghbali will act as Clearlake’s main voice in the incoming Chelsea ownership …