Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is the world’s richest soccer team owner, according to rankings from data firm Wealth-X. Slim bought a 30% stake in Liga MX clubs Pachuca and Leon last year. In second place is Spanish billionaire Amancio Ortega, who holds a stake in Deportivo de La Coruña, which plays in the second division in Spain. The highest ranking American owner is George Soros, who owns a nearly 2% stake in EPL club Manchester United. The list of owners and investors features teams from 11 countries. Seven of the 20 clubs are from England, but are owned by foreign-born investors. EPL club Arsenal is the only club to be featured twice on the list, with Rams Owner Stan Kroenke and Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov having large stakes in the club (Wealth-X).
| RICHEST SOCCER CLUB OWNERS/INVESTORS |
| RK | OWNER/INVESTOR | NET WORTH ($US) | CLUB(S) | LEAGUE (COUNTRY) |
| 1 | Carlos Slim | $70B | Leon, Pachuca | Liga MX (Mexico) |
| 2 | Amancio Ortega | $51B | Deportivo de la Coruña | Segunda Division (Spain) |
| 3 | Alisher Usmanov | $20B | Arsenal | EPL (U.K.) |
| 4 | George Soros | $19B | Manchester United | EPL (U.K.) |
| 5 | Paul Allen | $15B | Sounders FC | MLS (U.S.) |
| 6 | Lakshmi Mittal | $15B | Queens Park Rangers | League Championship (U.K.) |
| 7 | Rinat Akhmetov | $15B | FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Premier League (Ukraine) |
| 8 | Francois-Henry Pinault | $14B | Rennes | Ligue 1 (France) |
| 9 | Roman Abramovich | $12B | Chelsea | EPL (U.K.) |
| 10 | John Fredriksen | $12B | Vålerenga | Tippeligaen (Norway) |
| 11 | Phil Anschutz | $10B | Galaxy | MLS (U.S.) |
| 12 | Dmitry Rybolovlev | $10B | Monaco | Ligue 1 (France) |
| 13 | Silvio Berlusconi | $7B | AC Milan | Serie A (Italy) |
| 14 | Sheikh Mansour | $7B | Manchester City; NYC FC | EPL (U.K.); MLS (U.S.) |
| 15 | Dietrich Mateschitz | $7B | FC Salzburg; Red Bulls | Bundesliga (Austria); MLS (U.S.). |
| 16 | Suleyman Kerimov | $6B | Anzhi Makhachkala | Premier League (Russia) |
| 17 | Denis O'Brien | $5B | Celtic | SPL (Scotland) |
| 18 | Leonid Fedun | $4B | Spartak Moscow | Premier League (Russia) |
| 19 | Stan Kroenke | $4B | Arsenal; Rapids | EPL (U.K.); MLS (U.S.) |
| 20 | Joe Lewis | $4B | Tottenham Hotspur | EPL (U.K.) |
