Current owners?
In 2022, Frenchman Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, 25, increased his shares in Sunderland to 64% becoming majority/controlling shareholder.
Juan Sartori holds 36%.
The French Louis-Dreyfus fortune was made as a merchants firm formed in 1851. They're involved in agriculture, food processing of oilseeds, grains, juice, fertilisers, cotton, sugar, rice, coffee, dairy, metals & also international shipping with a multi-country finance group which manages hedge funds, real estate development/management with ownership chaired by his Mum from their HQ in Amsterdam.
He also has stakes in French side Marseille, previously owned by his mum.
The Second World War saw much of the family assets confiscated by the Vichy government as they'd fled to America. Today they employ 22,000 globally with young Kyril the heir to a staggering £4billion fortune!
Juan Sartori, Uruguayan businessman & senator.
He sits on the Senate Committees of International Affairs.
He is the president & founder of Union Group, set up as a blueberry farm originally.
In 2010, Sartori began investing in Energy generation projects. By 2013, Union Group had acquired German hydropower company Generacion Andina, then in 2018 utility firm Enbw with Polaris Infrastructure Inc the Canadian business.
His portfolio now boasts a privately owned Investment Management & Private Equity firm that holds significant interests across an array of industries worldwide in real estate, energy, tech & agriculture worth $100million!
The Sunderland current debt is on the rise again hitting £12.6m by the end of July 2022 & up to £15.1m by March 2023. However, it is all owed to the club's owners so no interest is charged, meaning it doesn't impact operations like external debt had done in the last decade.
The Stadium of Light is an all-seater 48,339, looks nice but not a great matchday experience as its a dated hostile environ.
Coach & Team ? ��
Ex-Coach, Mowbray saw 17 players arrive in the summer for £7.9m & 12 out for £9.3m & Dec 4th got sacked while 9th in table.
Caretaker boss Mike Dodds made two changes on Saturdays 2-1 win on WBA in a 4-1-4-1line up.
So, 2,000 fans for the 95 miles trip from ER, sadly only 6 wheelchair spaces were available.
£29 Adults
£26 65+
£22 U 22 years
£12 U16 years
Black Cats nickname ?
Cos "The Black Cat Battery" an Artillery battery based on the River Wear during the Napoleonic Wars.
Sunderland is situated 15 miles from rivals Newcastle & 30 miles from Boro.
21st century Sunderland is home to countless new,diverse industries, but this has transformed significantly over the decades. Historically, Sunderland's biggest exports were ships, coal & salt.
Hence local folks being nicknamed 'Mackems' as if a ship was needed to be built Sunderland folk could "Make-them" ��
Coal mining shallow 'bell' pits were commonplace by the 1600s to tap into the coal source that lay beneath the land, as 'bell pit' mining was a primitive method of mining coal lying near the surface.
However by the 17th, 18th & 19th centuries, new technology allowed for deeper mines/colleries to unearth precious coal veins that continued to fuel Sunderland's coal trade.
Sunderland now is a centre for electronic, chemical & paper industries as well as motor manufacturing.
In 1986, Japanese car manufacturers opened Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK factory in Washington, a town in the Sunderland district which remains the UK's largest car factory.
Nissan & its partners have recently announced a £2bn plan to build three electric car models at its Sunderland factory. The Japanese firm will build its electric Qashqai & Juke models at the plant.
Obviously i'm aware of our '73 Cup final defeat as its in my 'genetics' so a win there is always special, for sure. ��
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