Owners of Championship Football Clubs

[Ericsladkilnhurst]

Carrying on with owners of championship football clubs.

Preston North End - Owner Trevor Hemmings Successful Businessman
Hemmings led a management buyout of Pontin's, sold on to Coral's.
Then he owned Casino's, Blackpool Tower, Hotels, Numerous Pubs, Racecourses,
Brought Center Parcs to Britain, & owned numerous businesses.
Hemmings was going to buy Cork City football, but decided not to, after Munster who owned the ground,
would not give Cork City a long extended lease.
A astute businessman, Preston North End bought footballers, Alan Browne & Sean Maguire from Cork City,
there was a sell on clause on both players, but Preston bought the clause on both players.

Luton Town - Luton Town 2020 Limited - Paul Ballantine owns 80% - Business Moneybabo Finance

Blackburn Rovers - Owner's Venky's Ltd 99.9% ownership - Business Chickens

Nottingham Forest - Owner Evangelos Marinakis - Business Capital Maritime & Trading Corp
.......................... { Nottingham Forest showing a £32m operating loss }

Queens Park Rangers - Owners Ruben Gnanalingam 51% Tony Fernandes 46% Lakshmi Mittal 3%

Derby County - Owner Mel Morris Made a fortune of backing King, the firm behind mobile game Candy Crush,
King was sold to Activision Blizzard, reported Morris collected £450m from the deal.

Huddersfield Town - Owner Phil Hodgkinson - Business Pure Legal Limited, making a fortune in the legal world.
Dean Hoyle { Who owned Card Factory } sold Huddersfield town to Hodgkinson, reported to have made Hoyle
in excess of £350m.
Then after Hoyle called in his loan of £35m from Huddersfield Town, after legal talks, the amount has to be paid
fully by 31st August 2022.

Coventry City - Owner Joy Seppala { Finnish } Business Coventry City Football Club,
Owned by Otium Entertainment Group, Trading has C.C.F.C. which in turn is owned by
Sconset Capital LP { Based Limited partnership Cayman Islands }, controlled by
Sisu Investment Company, ( Subsidary of Sisu Otium Entertainment Group )

Birmingham City - Owner Paul Suen Business Trillion Trophy Asia / Hong Kong Sports Holding Company

Sheffield Wednesday - Owner Dejphon Chansiri - Business Thai Union Group
Worlds Largest Producer of Canned Tuna.
Said to have turned down a bid of £25m to £30m in February for 100% of the club, from club advisor
Erik Alonso who owns management company WBD Sports, said to be backed by Indonesian businessmen.

Wycombe Wanderers - Owners Rob Couhig 75% { American Businessman ) Adams Park Trust 25% of Club.
Frank Adams owned the ground, & left a legacy of giving the deeds of the ground to Adams Park Trust, the club was later sold to multi-millionaire Steve Hayes, who after 4 years gave the club back to the supporters.
Rob Couhig ( American Investor, Lawyer, & Sports Team Owner ) & 2 appointed trustees in the boardroom. Feliciana EFL Ltd was ratified by all parties, Frank Adams Legacy Limited, a subsidary of the trust,
which owns the Adams Park Stadium & the EFL.

There is certainly some very rich owners of clubs in the championship, with some financial clout.
Good to see what happened with Wycombe Wanderers, the ground being held in trust, like us they
are small fish in a big pond, where money is concerned.
But what losses are these clubs showing, example Nottingham Forest showing a £32m operating loss.