Who owns Chelsea after £950m Boehly and Walter stake sales? Sport Business Todd Boehly and Mark Walter have sold their combined 25 per cent stake in Chelsea in a deal that values the Premier League club at £5bn. The agreement, announced last night, will see the former chairman of Chelsea Boehly – who was the face of the consortium that purchased the club from Roman Abramovich in [...]
Chelsea valuation doubles under BlueCo to £5bn as Boehly and Walter eye exit Sport Business Todd Boehly and Mark Walter’s exit from Chelsea is set to see the business valued at around £5bn in another marked escalation of elite football club valuations. The valuation is double the £2.5bn price that saw the Boehly and Clearlake consortium beat off competition to buy the London club from Roman Abramovich in 2022. That [...]
Premier League: US owners dominate over half of 20 clubs Sport Business The Premier League returns this evening for its 35th season, and clubs have become commodities traded by some of the world’s richest and most influential investors. From private equity funds to billionaires to sovereign wealth, this current crop of 20 team owners – this season seeing Hull City, Coventry City and Ipswich Town replacing Burnley, [...]
Todd Boehly and Mark Walter to sell stakes in Chelsea? August 17, 2026 Todd Boehly and Mark Walters could cease being co-owners of Premier League club Chelsea after engaging in talks to sell their respective stakes to Clearlake Capital. The move could value the club at £5.5bn just years after a Boehly-fronted consortium purchased the club for £4.25bn – including promised funds for stadium developments – from the [...]
Cadillac add tech sponsor as Formula 1 newcomers gear up for debut January 7, 2026 Cadillac Formula 1 Team have added software provider IFS to their portfolio of commercial partners as they continue preparations for joining the grid this year. Sweden-based IFS is the team’s first non-US partner and joins Tommy Hilfiger and Jim Beam in backing Cadillac ahead of their eagerly anticipated F1 debut. “IFS has been instrumental in [...]
Chelsea co-owner Boehly part of $10bn NBA deal for LA Lakers October 28, 2025 Todd Boehly is part of the $10bn deal to buy the LA Lakers alongside Chelsea co-owner Mark Walter. Walter had agreed to purchase a majority stake in the NBA side earlier this year in a deal that would value the franchise at $10bn. But Front Office Sports reports that Chelsea consortium frontman Boehly is part [...]
Most expensive sports teams: How Lakers, Celtics, Commanders and Chelsea smashed records June 21, 2025 Mark Walter’s planned takeover of the LA Lakers is poised to set a new record for the most expensive sports team sale, continuing the boom in the franchise market. Walter, who majority owns the LA Dodgers and is a part-owner of Chelsea, has agreed to increase his stake in the Lakers to a controlling one [...]
Cadillac Formula 1 team to follow Chelsea blueprint, say owners February 25, 2025 The Cadillac Formula 1 team will “apply the same transformative growth mindset” seen at sister outfit Chelsea FC as they gear up for their historic entry to the grid next year. Cadillac F1 are majority owned by TWG Global, the investment vehicle of Chelsea part-owner Mark Walter, a long-time business partner of the club’s chairman [...]
Why Todd Boehly has more to lose than Clearlake Capital from a Chelsea sale September 10, 2024 Chelsea shareholder Todd Boehly and his business partners, Mark Walter and Hansjorg Wyss, have more to lose than their fellow owners-turned-rivals Clearlake Capital from the mooted sale of the club. As minority shareholders with Class B shares, the Boehly group would lose a greater percentage of their investment than Clearlake if Chelsea were to be [...]