Bezos Joins £5.2bn Liverpool Takeover Consortium
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- Fenway Sports Group has agreed to sell roughly a 30% stake in Liverpool FC to a consortium led by Amit Bhatia and including Jeff Bezos and Eduardo Saverin, in a deal valuing the club at £5.2bn ($7bn).
- Jeff Bezos, the Amazon founder and world's third-richest person at an estimated $281bn, has previously explored bids for the Washington Commanders and Seattle Seahawks but currently holds no significant sports stake.
- Amit Bhatia, a 46-year-old British Indian entrepreneur and son-in-law of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, leads the consortium through vehicle 1892 Holdings and previously served as QPR chairman from 2018 to 2023.
- Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder, was part of an unsuccessful 2022 consortium that bid for Chelsea during the auction triggered by Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.
- FSG's October 2010 purchase of Liverpool for £300m has been multiplied more than fivefold by the current valuation, with Liverpool now ranked the fourth most valuable club in world football.
- Closing of the transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
Why it matters: FSG's £300m 2010 Liverpool purchase has multiplied more than fivefold to a £5.2bn valuation, handing owners a blockbuster return while adding Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin to the club's ownership table. Liverpool retain operational control but pick up minority investors with global tech-scale balance sheets at one of the Premier League's most valuable clubs.
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