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The American consortium which owns Premier League side Swansea City includes an actress who starred in the U.S. version of "The Office" and a film director who co-owns an NFL franchise, according to Dafydd Pritchard of the BBC. Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien led the 68% controlling stake buy-out in '16. The consortium included another 25 investors, including actress Mindy Kaling. It also featured filmmaker and NFL L.A. Rams co-Owner Chip Rosenbloom. At the time of the takeover, Kaling held 1% of the consortium's controlling stake, Rosenbloom had 6.3% and former U.S. football int'l Landon Donovan had 0.4%. The club was valued at £110M at the time of the sale, making the purchase of the 68% controlling stake worth almost £75M. Kaplan and Levien are the largest shareholders in the group, with "almost 30% of the consortium's shareholding between them." The group's joint third-highest stakeholders are Romie Chaudhari and Robert Hernreich and, because both have a stake greater than 5% in the club, they were appointed directors of the Swansea board in Sept. '16 (
BBC, 12/17).
