Summary
- The ownership of Premier League clubs is crucial for success, with rich owners being necessary to fund transfers and remain competitive.
- The richest owners in the Premier League include Newcastle United, Manchester United, Manchester City, Chelsea, and Arsenal.
- Sir Jim Ratcliffe and the Glazers have seen their net worth drop this year after a disappointing season for Manchester United.
The ownership of Premier League clubs has never been so important. Years ago, football fans probably couldn’t care less who owned their club. But now, you must have an owner willing to dip into their deep pockets to fund transfers.
The likes of Newcastle and Manchester City are now essentially being owned by states, while there’s an increasing number of billionaires in charge of clubs. If you don’t have a rich owner, it’s going to be very difficult to be competitive in the greatest league in the world. But which teams have the richest owners heading into the 2025/26 Premier League season?
Given the fact that football has dramatically changed, and that those who have the most money tend to have the most power, these are how every single Premier League club ranks based on the wealth of their owners.
20 Burnley – Alan Pace
Net worth: £190 million
Fighting to hold onto your place in the Premier League as a newly-promoted club is never going to be easy, but doing it with the financial disadvantage that Burnley have is only to make it even harder for the Lancashire-based club. Considering the Clarets’ owner, Alan Pace, has the lowest net worth in the top flight, it’s quite impressive how often he’s had Burnley competing in the division in recent years.
Last season, their excellent defensive record saw them walk through the Championship with relative ease, but things will be much tougher in the Premier League. Without the money that the rest of the top flight has to offer, it’s going to be a tall task if they’re to avoid the drop. this time around.
19 Brentford – Matthew Benham
Net worth: £210 million
Brentford fan Mark Benham established his wealth through gambling firms such as Matchbook and Smartodds. He took control of the Bees in 2012 and also owns Danish side FC Midtjylland. He’s become a bit of a hero among the fanbase with a statistical model helping Brentford establish themselves as a regular Premier League club, as well as helping build a brand-new stadium.
Brentford, along with Brighton – as previously mentioned – are two of the best-run clubs in Europe, never mind just in England. Bringing in young players that can be moulded and grown into stars in the making, and then selling them on to bigger clubs for a huge profit is the way the Bees have operated successfully to become a staple in the Premier League.
18 Brighton – Tony Bloom
Net worth: £1.3 billion
Tony Bloom made his billions through gambling, specifically poker. He bought his boyhood club, Brighton, in 2009 and has overseen their incredible rise with a clear philosophy and incredible success in the transfer market thanks to a data-driven approach.
The Seagulls operate by using clever scouting methods to unearth gems from all across the globe to develop before selling them to the highest bidder. The best example of this came when Moises Caicedo was brought in for a nominal fee and became one of the best-performing midfielders in English football. This earned the Ecuadorian defensive midfielder a move to Chelsea for £115 million, making him the most expensive signing in Premier League history.
17 Sunderland – Kyril Louis-Dreyfus
Net worth: £2 billion
After several really disappointing years, which saw Sunderland suffer two relegations and languish in League One for a period, the Black Cats have returned to the promised land. Having beaten Sheffield United in the playoff final, they’re back among the elite in the Premier League with a fanbase that deserves some success.
They’ve already lost talisman Jobe Bellingham, who followed in his other brother’s footsteps and joined Borussia Dortmund this summer and things are going to be difficult. Majority owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus is the youngest chairman in football, at just 27 years old, but he also has one of the lowest net worths in the Premier League.
16 Bournemouth – William P. Foley
Net worth: £2.1 billion
US billionaire Bill Foley assumed control at the Vitality Stadium in 2023. He’s the chairman of Fidelity National Financial, Cannae Holdings and Black Knight Financial Services. He also owns NHL side, Vegas Golden Knights and a stake in French Ligue 1 club FC Lorient.
There was an expectation that the beginning of Foley’s time in charge of the Cherries would be in the Championship, but the miracles worked by Gary O’Neil and co in the 2022/23 season ensured the club’s top-flight status. There was an influx of signings as a result and the appointment of Andoni Iraola has worked wonders as Bournemouth have secured a third consecutive season in the Premier League.
15 Nottingham Forest – Evangelos Marinakis
Net worth: £3.3 billion
Evangelos Marinakis hasn’t held back in terms of investing in the transfer market following Nottingham Forest‘s return to the Premier League. It worked as they managed to stay up during the 2022/23 and 2023/24 campaigns and then flourished in 2024/25, finishing in the top seven and securing European football. The Greek businessman also owns Olympiacos.
Nottingham Forest have signed an incredible number of players, which is a blessing and a curse as those players helped keep the iconic club in the Premier League, but has caused endless selection headaches and training issues simply due to the volume of players around the place. Marinakis is also not shy in making some controversial statements and decisions, one of those being when he hired Mark Clattenburg to become the Premier League’s first referee analyst.
14 Crystal Palace – John Textor, David Blitzer, Josh Harris, Steve Parish
Net worth: £4.3 billion
Josh Harris also owns NHL’s New Jersey Devils and NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers along with business partner David Blitzer. Steve Parish has been the club chairman since 2010. Crystal Palace found themselves in dire financial straights prior to Parish’s appointment.
The Eagles have now spent more than a decade in the Premier League after achieving promotion in 2013. Never threatening to finish in the upper section of the league table, the club are also rarely involved in a relegation scrap. The financial stability of the side has allowed them to remain stable in their position as a mid-table Premier League team, as has their nuance when it comes to selecting managers. They’ve now also tasted success with their first ever piece of major silverware, winning the FA Cup at the end of the 2024/25 campaign.
13 Wolves – Guo Guangchang, Liang Xinjun, Wang Qunbin
Net worth: £4.4 billion
Guo Guangchang has been chairman of the Fosun Group, based in Shanghai and Hong Kong. He bought Wolves in 2016 for just £45 million and helped return them to the Premier League. Despite the extreme wealth of the Wolves owners, the club have still been forced to restrict themselves in the transfer market in order to adhere to Financial Fair Play rules.
For a large portion of their time in charge, the ownership group have looked to recruit Portuguese players and even managers. Ruben Neves was the biggest piece of business done, signing the youngest-ever Porto captain while still playing in the English second tier. When they first returned to the top flight, the Wanderers were pushing for Europe. The club have fallen a little since, though.
12 Tottenham – Joe Lewis, Daniel Levy
Net worth: £4.5 billion
Daniel Levy may be the chairman of Tottenham, but Joe Lewis is ENIC Group’s major shareholder (70.6%). ENIC have been at Spurs since 2001 and, while Levy is seen at every match, Lewis lives in the tax exile of the Bahamas. Levy is often viewed as the bad guy by Spurs fans, but ultimately, he isn’t the man who controls the club entirely.
Lewis was accused of being in charge of an insider trading scheme in July 2023, something that has been denied by the man himself. It is yet to be seen if any charges are brought against him and what impact that would have on Tottenham as a result. More recently, there have reportedly been some discussions with Deputy Ruler of Umm Al Quwain Sheikh Abdullah, following rumours of a possible sale.
11 Leeds United – 49ers Enterprises
Net worth: £5.2 billion
Leeds United finished first in the Championship last season and secured their return to the Premier League after a couple of years away from the division. They’ll return with plenty of money too. 49ers Enterprises, who also own NFL franchise the San Francisco 49ers, have an accumulative net worth of over £5 billion.
With Leeds tipped to go straight back down to the Championship by AI heading into next season, the Yorkshire-based club will need to get busy in the summer transfer window if they’re to strengthen their team. Luckily, they seem to have some money on hand with their rich owners.
Liverpool – John W. Henry, Tom Werner
Net worth: £6 billion
John Henry is the head of Fenway Sports Group and has been in charge of Liverpool since 2010. He appeared to ask for investment companies to help fund the club in 2022 with rumours that it was up for sale. But he later retracted that. He also owns the Boston Red Sox.
Considering there are seven clubs with wealthier owners than the Reds, their success after Jurgen Klopp’s arrival in October 2015 is rather remarkable. It has to be said, however, that FSG have always dipped into their pockets to make transfers happen when the manager requests they do so. Virgil van Dijk, Alisson, and Darwin Nunez are the most expensive signings under the American consortium’s ownership, and funds like that must be made available to Arne Slot if he’s to continue his excellent start to life at Anfield.
9 Everton – Roundhouse Capital Holdings Ltd
Net worth: £6.2 billion
After years of speculation about the club’s future, Everton were bought by Roundhouse Capital Holdings Ltd in 2024. Spearheaded by AS Roma owner, Dan Friedkin, the takeover brings an end to the Farhad Moshiri era at the Toffees. With a net worth of £5.3 billion, the club’s fans will be hoping the purchase brings an end to their recent financial woes and maybe even spark some form of rejuvenation in their fortunes on the pitch too.
With Everton set to move into their brand-new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock for the start of the 2025/26 campaign, the takeover will allow them to do so completely free of any debt, offering some form of a fresh start and a reset for a club that desperately needs one right now.
8 Aston Villa – Wes Edens, Nassef Sawiris
Net worth: £9.6 billion
Nassef Sawiris is the youngest son of Egyptian billionaire, Onsi Sawiris. He saved Aston Villa from apparent administration under Tony Xia, buying a 55% controlling stake. He also owns a stake in Adidas and has funded the club generously in recent years with Unai Emery leading them into Europe following some big-money signings.
Moussa Diaby, Pau Torres, Youri Tielemans, and Nicolo Zaniolo were brought in prior to the 2023/24 season and following qualification to the Champions League, other big names continue to join the club, with the latest player set to put pen to paper at Villa Park being Everton’s Amadou Onana.
GIVEMESPORT Key Statistic: Aston Villa’s owners have seen the biggest jump in net worth since the 2023/24 season.
7 Fulham – Shahid Khan
Net worth: £10 billion
Shahid Khan also owns NFL side Jacksonville Jaguars and is the co-owner of wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling with his son, Tony, who happens to be the director of football at Craven Cottage.
Over the past decade, Fulham have endured an up-and-down time with multiple relegations and promotions. The smartest piece of investment the Khan’s have made during their time at the club was the decision to appoint Marco Silva as the manager, as the Portuguese boss has got the Cottagers back into the Premier League and have managed to remain stable in their first two-and-a-half seasons back in the promised land.
6 West Ham – David Sullivan, Daniel Kretinsky, Vanessa Gold
Net worth: £10.3 billion
David Sullivan and the late David Gold earned their fortunes in the adult industry. They initially owned Birmingham before buying their boyhood club, West Ham, in 2010. Ever since, the fortunes of the club have fluctuated several times, but the Irons did lift a European trophy in 2023. The UEFA Europa Conference League is the first trophy the Hammers have lifted since the FA Cup success in 1980.
The move to the London Stadium and the decision to demolish the famous Boleyn Ground was one of the most unpopular calls made by any Premier League owner. There were pitch invasions due to the state the club was in, but recent runs in Europe have proven that patience pays dividends.
5 Arsenal – Stan Kroenke
Net worth: £11.2 billion
Stan Kroenke married Ann Walton, an heiress of the US supermarket Walmart, in 1974. He then founded a real estate development group. Under Kroenke’s ownership, Arsenal suffered many years of nothingness but are now genuine title contenders under Mikel Arteta. He also owns other sports teams, including the LA Rams, Denver Nuggets and Colorado Rapids.
Kroenke was once criticised for not investing enough money in the playing staff, but those complaints have been put to bed. Declan Rice is the most expensive signing made in the Gunners’ history – for £105 million from West Ham – and was a big part of the extremely busy summer 2023 transfer window. More moves like that will be crucial as the Gunners have fallen behind the likes of Liverpool and Chelsea in the race for the Premier League title.
4 Chelsea – Todd Boehly, Hansjorg Wyss, Mark Walter
Net worth: £11.9 billion
Todd Boehly bought Chelsea from Roman Abramovich for £4.2 billion and has already invested a lot of money into the club without many results. Boehly has funded more than £1 billion in transfers on 30 different players. The American is the co-founder and chairman of a private investment firm called Elridge Industries. He also owns a stake in the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team.
Chelsea may be an example of money not being a right to be successful. Many of the signings brought in during Boehly’s tenure are young and will take time to grow to their full potential, but results were very disappointing early on. The team have turned a corner now under Enzo Maresca and the Boehly era could be about to really take off.
3 Manchester City – Abu Dhabi United Group, Silver Lake
Net worth: £20 billion
Sheikh Mansour bought Manchester City in 2008, and they’ve been transformed into the best club side in world football. Mansour is the deputy prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and is part of the royal family of Abu Dhabi. Since being at the club, he’s witnessed an incredible era of success, with the club winning all three domestic trophies on numerous occasions (the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup) as well as the Champions League.
The improvement over the 15 years of Mansour’s ownership has seen Man City overtake Man United as the top club in Manchester. While it may be impossible to become a bigger club globally than their fierce rivals, City have had a much more successful decade and are perhaps the best football team in world football. Also, the key cog of the City Football Group, which brings Girona, Palermo and more under their control, their influence across the globe is only growing.
2 Manchester United – Glazer Family, Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Net worth: £24.4 billion
There are very few football club owners who are more hated by their own fan base than the Glazers. The brothers took control of the club following their father’s – Malcolm Glazer’s – death. Accused of neglecting the training facilities and Old Trafford, Joel and Avram Glazer have been known to spend eye-watering sums on players such as Paul Pogba, Jadon Sancho, and Angel Di María over the years.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe purchased 27% of United in February 2024 and according to Sunday Times, Ratcliffe’s net worth is currently sitting at £17 billion at the time, pairing that with the Glazers’ own net worth, for a combined total of £24.4 billion between the two parties, United are the second richest club in the Premier League.
1 Newcastle United – Saudi Public Investment Fund, RB Sports & Media, PCP Capital Partners
Net worth: £489 billion
Newcastle have some of the richest and most powerful people in the world in charge of them. Chaired by Mohammed bin Salman and governed by Al-Rumayyan, Newcastle could follow in Manchester City’s footsteps in terms of dominating English football in years to come. They’ve already had a spell in the Champions League and will no doubt continue to splash their almost unlimited cash when the opportunities arise.
Only three full years into the project, there has been a marked improvement in the club’s fortunes on the pitch as Eddie Howe was the man selected by the new ownership group to replace Steve Bruce shortly after the takeover was completed. That decision has certainly been vindicated thus far, with a return to the Champions League occurring in the 2022/23 campaign and a respectable seventh place finish in 2023/24. Things could be changing though, as co-owners Amanda Staveley and Mehrdad Ghodoussi have both recently departed from the club.
| Ranking Every Premier League Club’s Owners’ Net Worth | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Club | Owner(s) | Net worth |
| 1 | Newcastle United | Saudi Public Investment Fund, RB Sports & Media, PCP Capital Partners | £489billion |
| 2 | Manchester United | Glazer Family, Sir Jim Ratcliffe | £24.4billion |
| 3 | Manchester City | Abu Dhabi United Group, Silver Lake | £20billion |
| 4 | Chelsea | Todd Boehly, Hansjorg Wyss, Mark Walter | £11.9billion |
| 5 | Arsenal | Stan Kroenke | £11.2billion |
| 6 | West Ham United | David Sullivan, Daniel Kretinsky, Vanessa Gold | £10.3billion |
| 7 | Fulham | Shahid Khan | £10billion |
| 8 | Aston Villa | Wes Edens, Nassef Sawiris | £9.6billion |
| 9 | Everton | Roundhouse Capital Holdings Ltd | £6.2billion |
| 10 | Liverpool | John W. Henry, Tom Werner | £6billion |
| 11 | Leeds United | 49ers Enterprises | £5.2billion |
| 12 | Tottenham Hotspur | Joe Lewis, Daniel Levy | £4.5billion |
| 13 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Guo Guangchang, Liang Xinjun, Wang Qunbin | £4.4billion |
| 14 | Crystal Palace | John Textor, David Blitzer, Josh Harris, Steve Parish | £4.3billion |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | Evangelos Marinakis | £3.3billion |
| 16 | Bournemouth | William P. Foley | £2.1billion |
| 17 | Sunderland | Kyril Louis-Dreyfus | £2billion |
| 18 | Brighton & Hove Albion | Tony Bloom | £1.3billion |
| 19 | Brentford | Matthew Benham | £216.3million |
| 20 | Burnley | Alan Pace | £190million |
All statistics courtesy of Yorkshire Evening Post, Sunday Times & Forbes and accurate as of 19/06/2025
