Tony Bloom at 61 in Football Rich List

[Brighton Breezy]

According to FourFourTwo.

Story here: http://www.eastbourneherald.co.uk/sport/brighton-hove-albion/bright_boss_bloom_in_football_rich_list_1_3117692

 

[Rookie]

Again with the 'only' 50 million

 

[Brighton Breezy]

They do say it was a cautious estimate mind.

He clearly has loads more than that though.

 

[Biscuit]

Yeah I'd wager it's significantly more than that...

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Slow news day in Eastbourne, clearly.

 

[k2bluesky]

Interesting to see Giggs and Owen mentioned, considering how much these footballers and others like them have taken from the game, how many will have the guts/desire to re-invest large sums back into the game that has given them everything, Bloom's spending on The Albion, almost two thirds of his total wealth just shows his commitment.

 

[Danny-Boy]

What about the last comment? That his wealth depends on Albion making it into the top flight?

The point is you have got to STAY in the top flight, not just be a one-season wonder. Or even two.

You've got to be a "Wigan" not a "Blackpool".

 

[Gus is god]

They do say it was a cautious estimate mind.

He clearly has loads more than that though.

how do ya figure this it says his already invested 80mill plus, wouldn't surprise me if he was down to 50mill at all. Not that thats a shabby amount to have at all

 

[LennyD]

What about the last comment? That his wealth depends on Albion making it into the top flight?

The point is you have got to STAY in the top flight, not just be a one-season wonder. Or even two.

You've got to be a "Wigan" not a "Blackpool".

This.

 

[Gus is god]

Its amazing some clubs potential investment, like Celtic and Doncaster and even Everton yet they all appear to be cash strapped.

 

[Jim D]

Can't they just say he's worth £5M and will have to sell The Amex to find a stake for his next tournament? At least that might stop agents asking for silly money.

 

[Sausage]

Thanks again Tony.

 

[Seagull Steve]

What about the last comment? That his wealth depends on Albion making it into the top flight?

The point is you have got to STAY in the top flight, not just be a one-season wonder. Or even two.

You've got to be a "Wigan" not a "Blackpool".

I can see where you are coming from, but we do have a near capacity crowd at the Amex every home game, which helps, but I am sure TV money is much more if you are in the top flight. As wigans crowd is will be consistently lower than ours, it must be TV that is keeping them up there.

 

[Triggaaar]

What about the last comment? That his wealth depends on Albion making it into the top flight?

The point is you have got to STAY in the top flight, not just be a one-season wonder. Or even two.

No, firstly that's not what the last sentence says. It says 'FourFourTwo admitted it “cautiously” valued Bloom at around £50m because “any return on the Seagulls investment will depend on the club making it to the top flight.” ' meaning that the £50m does not depend on making it to the top, which is why it's a cautious valaution.

Secondly, this is 442 we're talking about - not exactly known for their in depth finacial investigations. We basically have noi idea how much he's worth, except to say that we know he was able to spend £100m on a stadium without worrying about charging interest.

 

[Vegas Seagull]

No'one would spend more than a quarter/fifth of their money on a football ground....= north of £500m

 

[Carrot Cruncher]

Sake, must we go over this AGAIN?

NO-ONE here has any idea how much he's worth. It's been done to death.

 

[Giraffe]

Dare I highlight:

32. Jeremy Hosking £193m
Crystal Palace (New entry)

A keen steam train enthusiast, Jeremy Hosking is one of the City's top hedge fund managers. His company, Marathon Asset Management produced a bumper £121.2m profit on nearly £155m turnover in the 15 months to March 2010. Established in 1986 by Neil Ostrer and Hoskings, a star fund manager, it has been consistently profitable through the economic crisis. It has also paid out over £300m to the members of its partnership in the last four years.
On its profit record, it should be worth at least £400m, which values Hosking's stake at perhaps £133m. We add around £60m for past salaries and dividends after tax and spending and stakes in quoted companies including model train maker Hornby and Penna Consulting, worth £7m. In August 2010, Hosking was part of a four-man consortium which bought Selhurst Park and Crystal Palace FC out of administration.

 

[Giraffe]

And:

5. The Liebherr Family £3bn
Southampton (Last year £3bn, 5th)

Few would have enjoyed Southampton's recent successes more than Markus Liebherr (pictured). The industrialist died of a heart attack in August 2010, just 13 months after agreeing a deal to buy the then struggling Saints within two hours of arriving at the St Mary's ground. No terms were disclosed but the club came out of administration and Liebherr claimed the deal was "ein Schnappchen" (a bargain).
Scion of the Liebherr family, whose self-named industrial group has expanded over the decades from tower cranes into all manner of machinery, Markus inherited a fifth of the family fortune when his father died in 1993 – but gave his shares back and developed his own business group Mali International. The whole Liebherr fortune is reckoned to be worth £3 billion.
His family have pledged to continue his good work at Southampton. Generously funded, the Saints had finished 2009/10 in a disappointing seventh place in League One, but were promoted the following season; they have started 2011/2012 strongly despite the sale of Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to Arsenal for £12m – a fee which took Southampton's income from the transfer of academy players like Wayne Bridge, Theo Walcott and Gareth Bale to more than £40m since the turn of the century.

 

[Giraffe]

Full list here by the way. Mostly a load of shit as no one really knows what these guys are worth.

The Football Rich List 2011/12: The Full 100 | Lists - FourFourTwo


Bloom has most of his assets held either personally or through trusts which are not companies and therefore not available for public info. All of which means he is considerably richer than this is showing.

 

[Silent Bob]

What about the last comment? That his wealth depends on Albion making it into the top flight?

The point is you have got to STAY in the top flight, not just be a one-season wonder. Or even two.

You've got to be a "Wigan" not a "Blackpool".

Putting aside that they obviously haven't got a clue how much he's got/worth, that's not even what they said.

They said "a return on the seagulls investment" depends on getting into the top flight, with reference to the cost of building the stadium. Obviously you're not going to make back £90m from a few seasons in the Championship,but in the Premiership you would. It's not like it's even an issue though, they're jsut filling space with platitudes.