One hundred investors: Tom Brady, Chelsea’s Todd Boehly, owners of the IPL IPL team, all a safe role | Current news
The owners of the sports team and the businessmen of the billionaire are among the high investors who have secured roles in a hundred before the 2025 season.
The Cricket for Crickets of England and Wales announced last summer to open a procedure to ensure private investments ahead of the 2025 edition, which is live on Sky Sports in August.
Eight team hosts received 51 percent of the stakes, which could sell – in full or partly – or retain, while the remaining 49 percent on each side sold ECB, with revenues distributed between 18 first -class county and MCC.
The three-round process has attracted interest from all over the world, with eight teams worth just over £ 975 million from the roles sold.
If all contracts are concluded, the role that is sold will result in injection of more than £ 520 million in a professional and recreational game, while counties that do not host a hundred teams are set to get a higher share than the ECB sales 49 percent.
Here’s a team look at who invested in a hundred ahead of the new season …
Birmingham Phoenix
Owners of the City of Birmingham Knighthead Capital Management – For whom the NFL legend Tom Brady acts as a minority investor – he succeeded in a 40m -pound contract for a PHOENIX side headquartered in Edgbaston.
The Executive Director of Warwicksshire Stuart Cain said: “Throughout the Knighthead process, Knighthead showed a strong financial commitment and a deep understanding of what it takes to raise high-performance sports.
“They have a far -reaching global influence that will help us promote Birmingham Phoenix to fans of crickets and sports around the world and a wealth of experience in sports investments.
“We said at the beginning of this procedure that we want the investor to commit to invest in the region and be with us in the long run to make a real difference. I believe we discovered it in Knighthead.”
London spirit
The 11-year consortium of technological billionaires agreed to buy a 49 percent stake in the spirit, playing at Lord’s.
CRUTHTER INVESTOR HOLDINGS LIMITEDconducted by the US Cibernetic Security Company Palo Alto Networks chairman and Nikesh Arora CEO should be paid £ 145m, which would appreciate the Spirit at around £ 300 million.
Sundar Pichai, Executive Director of Google, and Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO, are part of a consortium.
It is reported that this offer won the competition of co -president Manchester United Avram Glazer’s Lancer Capital and groups related to Chelsea president Todd Boehly.
Manchester Originals
AND RPSG groupThe owners of the Indian Premier League Lucknow Super Giants, were successful bidders while selling the original, who play their home games on Emirates Old Trafford.
Reports suggest that the winning offer is worth the originals to more than £ 100m, and the RPSG group surpassed other interested parties after being initially interested in the spirit insurance.
Lancashire’s statement says: “We were very focused on ensuring a great partner – ideal from IPL
– And RPSG has been our preferred bidder for some time.
“We are delighted with the outcome and we look forward to working together to create an exciting future. Together we have a common ambition to create a very special cricket for people of Manchester and the wider North West region.”
Northern Superchargers
Sunrizers Hyderabad’s Sun TV Network Limited Are they another set of IPL owners who will invest in a hundredth after buying the entire stake in Yorkshire, Superchargers based in Headingy for around £ 100m.
Sunrizers Hyderabad are the double champions of IPL, 2009 and 2016, while the Sunrizes Sunrizers Eastern Cape franchise won the first two editions with Su20 in South Africa.
A huge financial wind could allow Yorkshire to pay off his debt of £ 15m pounds of the Graves family in one move.
Oval distrustful
Reliance Industries LimitedThey own Mumbai Indians in IPL, it is said that they saw the competition of a consortium involving Google managers, Microsoft and Adobe, as well as CVC Private Equity Group.
The price that the Ambani family – the richest family in India – agreed to pay the ECB share of ECB, although the sources said that it is implied that 100 percent of invincible problems with approximately £ 125 million.
The southern brave
The south brave are the other side that is fully owned by IPL, along with GMR group – As expected – winning a 49 percent share of insurance.
Delhi Capitals co -owners were already majority shareholders in Hampshire, the first club of the County Championship, which was owned by foreign franchise.
It is understood that the GMR Group has provided the remaining stake for just under £ 48 million, appreciating a team of around £ 98 million.
Trent Rockets
After offering a spirit unsuccessfully, Chelsea’s co -owner Boehly bought a 49 percent stake in rockets as his company Cain International & Ares Managementwhich established with British businessman Jonathan Goldstein, he took out close to £ 40m for the Midlands Outfit.
The Rockets acquisition adds to the American sports portfolio with Boehly and co-owner of the French football club Strasbourg, Major League Baseball’s Los Angeles Dodgers and WNBA’s Spark Los Angeles.
Welsh fire
Owners of the Major of the League of Crimea Washington freedomThe assisted Indian-American entrepreneur Sanjay Govil, agreed to buy a 49 percent share of a headquarters based in Cardiff for around £ 65m.
Liberty owners beat interest, among others, Capri International, who owns Warriorz in the Women’s Premier League.
The owners of the Wrexham Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenny Football Club were among those who were interested in the stake but did not enter the formal bidding process.
ECB: Investment can grow cricket ‘for generations coming’
ECB Chairman Richard Thompson said: “The excessive interest we received from potential partners in industries and geographical parts during this process reflects immensely unused potential English cricket and the competition holds a hundred to the next level.
“The partners we have entered into exclusivity bring the wealth of expertise to cultivate elite sports teams and companies. Their knowledge can help us expand the fans engagement at a local and global level, creating phenomenal experiences in the game, attracting more best players in the game in the table and more.
“Our goal is now to ensure that the necessary steps are taken to finalize this procedure to unlock the transformative impact that these new partners will bring to competition.
“This will also provide funding that will directly go to professional counties and recreation games, supporting the fabric of our county game and helping the growth of the crislette in England and Wales for the generations that come.”
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