Inside the Shadowy Power Players Quietly Securing a Game-Changing Stake in Liverpool FC—What You Need to Know Now
Imagine teaming up with Jeff Bezos and Eduardo Saverin—not to launch the next tech unicorn, but to own a chunk of one of football’s grandest stages: Liverpool FC. Yep, you heard that right. A powerhouse consortium led by Amit Bhatia, who’s not just the son-in-law of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal but a shrewd investor in his own right, is gearing up to snap up roughly a third of the Premier League titan. Valued at a staggering $6 billion, Liverpool isn’t just a club; it’s a global sports empire on the rise. Now, here’s the kicker—this move could skyrocket the club’s worth over 12 times since Fenway Sports Group took the helm back in 2010. What’s driving these tech and investment heavyweights to dive into the football frenzy? And how might this reshape the game off the pitch? Buckle up, because this confluence of Silicon Valley grit and global business savvy is poised to rewrite the playbook. LEARN MORE
A consortium involving Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Savarin is set to purchase a minority stake in Liverpool FC.
The syndicate, which led by Amit Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, is expected to buy roughly a third of the Premier League club.
The investment will value Liverpool at around $6bn (€5.2bn), making the club one of the world’s most valuable sports teams.
Discussions between Fenway Sports Group (FSG), owner of Liverpool and baseball’s Boston Red Sox, and the consortium. were first reported in late July.
FSG purchased Liverpool for a reported £300m in 2010 and helped to revive the club’s fortunes, winning the Premier League twice and the Champions League.
The group has also invested up to £85m to expand the Liverpool’s stadium at Anfield, £50m to build a new training ground in Kirby and £20m to revamp the club’s academy.
In 2023, FSG sold a 4% stake in Liverpool to Dynasty Equity for between $100m and $200m, valuing the club at more than $4.5bn.
In the financial year ending in May 2025, Liverpool announced record revenues of £703m and a pre-tax profit of £15.2m. The club’s net debt increased by £43.3m to £64.8m during the prior 12 months.
If the deal goes through, Liverpool’s value will have increased more than 12-fold since the FSG takeover, but who are the men seeking to take a stake in one football’s most recognised clubs.
Amit Bhatia
British-Indian businessman Bhatia leads the consortium after recently stepping down as co-owner and director of Queens Park Rangers after 18 years with the Championship club.
Bhatia bought into QPR in 2007 and initially served as vice-chair before becoming chair in 2018, a role he held until 2023.
He transferred his ownership take to the west London club’s majority owner Ruben Gnanalingam in July after his interest in Liverpool first emerged.
Bhatia is a former investment bank who worked for Morgan Stanley on Wall Street before turning his attention to businesses in construction, real estate, and private equity.
The 46-year-old is non-executive chair of construction materials group Breedon, which employs nearly 5,000 people and generated revenues of £1.7bn last year. The group recently acquired Booth Precast Products in Ireland.
His private equity vehicle, AyBe Capital, has interests in 25 companies in health, media, property, technology and sport, including a stake in circket’s London Spirit franchise and the TGL indoor golf league.
He is also a founding partner in real estate investment firm Summix Capital.
Bhatia married Vanisha Mittal in 2004 in a ceremony that cost more than $55m. Mittal is the daughter of Indian steel titan Lakshmi Mittal, who is reportedly worth $31.1bn.
Jeff Bezos
With a reported net worth of $280.6bn, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s wealthiest people.
Bezos stepped down as CEO of the tech giant in 2021 and retains an 8% interest in the company, which has a market capitalisation of nearly $3tn, making it one of the most valuable companies trading.
He founded Amazon as an online bookseller in 1998 and over the past quarter of a century, the company has pioneered e-commerce while expanding into cloud services, streaming, hardware and robotics.
Away from Amazon, Bezos has pursued space travel through his Blue Origin venture, and he also owns The Washington Post, although he has been heavily criticised for laying off hundreds of journalists and for undermining the newspaper’s journalistic independence.
Bezos divorced his first wife MacKenzie Scott in 2019 and transferred to her a 4% stake in Amazon as part of the separation agreement. He married Lauren Sánchez in a lavish, three-day event that took over much of Venice last June, with a guest list of 250 of the world’s most rich and famous.
Eduardo Saverin
Born in Brazil and based in Singapore, Eduardo Saverin is best known as the co-founder of Facebook, the social media platform that is now part of Meta, which is also among the world’s valuable companies ($1.5tn).
Saverin was friends at Harvard University with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg but left the company in 2005 after falling out with him. He was portrayed by Andrew Garfield in The Social Network, the Oscar-winning film about the rise of Facebook.
Forbes puts his net worth at $33.3bn, much of which is derived from his stake in Meta.
Since leaving Facebook, he has launched a venture fund called B Capital that has more than $12bn in assets under management. In July, the company raised $500m to invest in early stage start-ups.
Saverin previously attempted to buy Chelsea FC from Roman Abramovich in 2022 but lost out to a rival bid led by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital.
Photo: Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool lifts the trophy after the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Crystal Palace FC at Anfield on May 25, 2025 in Liverpool, England. (Pic: Michael Regan/Getty Images/Getty Images For The Premier League)
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