Jeff Bezos Buying Ownership Stake in English Premiere League’s Liverpool Soccer Team
It’s apparently a week for wealthy business moguls to buy sports clubs: Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder who is among the richest people in the world, is acquiring a minority equity stake in Liverpool Football Club, a team in the English Premiere League. Fenway Sports Group, the majority owner of Liverpool FC, announced Friday that […]
Even as Jeff Bezos invested in Liverpool, a Premier League soccer club, NFL team owners remain unconvinced he will pursue an ownership stake in a U.S. franchise, sources say. Bezos evaluated a potential bid for the Commanders but never made an actual bid before the team was sold to a group led by Josh Harris. Bezos was also not linked to the bidding for the Seahawks, which was sold to a group led by Vinod Khosla's family for a record $9.612 billion.
NFL owners have expressed interest in Bezos joining the league, but it appears he has chosen not to pursue an ownership role at this time.
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