World’s richest sports team owners: Top 20 includes Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham chiefs

Fulham and Leicester are the other two Premier League sides who are owned by some of the most powerful people in sport

There are 106 sports teams all over the world who are worth at least $1billion (£753million).

However, not all of these clubs’ owners can be classed as billionaires as such, with debt and minority ownership knocking the numbers down.

In the latest findings released by Forbes up into this year, five of the top 20 richest clubs owners in the world come from the Premier League.

They hold court with wealthy backers of NHL, NFL, NBA, MLS, Formula 1 and cricket, but who are the English top-flight’s men with money?

20. Ted Lerner – Net worth: $4.9 billion (£3.69billion)

Source of wealth: real estate

Team: Washington Nationals

19= Joe Lewis – Net worth: $5 billion (£3.77billion)

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Source of wealth: Investments

Team: Tottenham Hotspur

18= Charles Johnson – Net worth: $5 billion (£3.77billion)

Source of wealth: Money management

Team: San Francisco Giants

17. Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha & family – Net worth: $5.9 billion (£4.45billion)

Source of wealth: Duty-free

Team: Leicester City

16. Robert Kraft – Net worth: $6.5 billion (£4.90billion)

Source of wealth: New England Patriots

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Teams: Patriots, New England Revolution

15. Daniel Gilbert – Net worth: $6.7 billion (£5.05billion)

Source of wealth: Quicken Loans

Team: Cleveland Cavaliers

13= Shahid Khan – Net worth: $6.8 billion (£5.13billion)

Source of wealth: Auto parts

Team: Jacksonville Jaguars

13= Jerry Jones – Net worth: $6.8 billion (£5.13billion)

Source of wealth: Dallas Cowboys

Team: Dallas Cowboys

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12. Robert Pera – Net worth: $6.9 billion (£5.20billion)

Source of wealth: wireless networking gear

Team: Memphis Grizzlies

11. Stephen Ross – Net worth: $7.6 billion (£5.73billion)

Source of wealth: Real estate

Team: Miami Dolphins

10. Stanley Kroenke – Net worth: $8.7 billion (£6.56billion)

Sources of wealth: Sports, real estate

Teams: Los Angeles Rams, Arsenal, Denver Nuggets, Colorado Avalanche, Colorado Rapids

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9. Micky Arison – Net worth: $8.9 billion (£6.71billion)

Source of wealth: Carnival Cruises

Team: Miami Heat

8. Mikhail Prokhorov – Net worth: $9.8 billion (£7.39billion)

Source of wealth: Investments

Team: Brooklyn Nets

7. Philip Anschutz – Net worth: $10.9 billion (£8.22billion)

Source of wealth: Investments

Teams: Los Angeles Kings, LA Galaxy

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6. David Tepper – Net worth: $11.6 billion (£8.75billion)

Sources of wealth: hedge funds

Team: Carolina Panthers

5. Roman Abramovich – Net worth: $12.4 billion (£9.35billion)

Sources of wealth: Steel, investments

Team: Chelsea

4. Hasso Plattner & family – Net worth: $13.5 billion (£10.18billion)

Source of wealth: Software

Team: San Jose Sharks

3. Dietrich Mateschitz – Net worth: $18.9 billion (£14.25billion)

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Source of wealth: Red Bull

Teams: New York Red Bulls, Red Bull Racing, Red Bull Toro Rosso Honda

2. Steve Ballmer – Net worth: $41.2 billion (£31.07billion)

Source of wealth: Microsoft

Team: Los Angeles Clippers

1. Mukesh Ambani – Net worth: $50 billion (£37.7billion)

Sources of wealth: Petrochemicals, oil & gas

Team: Mumbai Indians