Whether they intend to make money, boost their public image or just want an expensive toy to show off to their friends, Leaders League profiles a handful of billionaires who are playing – and paying – to win in the world of professional sports.
It might be stating the obvious, but billionaires have money to burn. Which is just as well, as despite the ever-rising value of professional sports clubs – or “franchises”, in the...
Vienna-born Toto Wolff has been head of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One team for almost a decade, and his reign has coincided with the most successful era in team history, a ...
Born in Toronto at the end of the second world war, Larry Tanenbaum has remained loyal to his hometown throughout his 55-year business career, playing a significant part in its eme...
At 75, American property developer Stan Kroenke has amassed an impressive collection of professional sports teams. Best known in Europe as the owner of Arsenal, he also possesses n...
The man with the Dick Dasterdly moustache and a penchant for investing in sport is Pakistan’s richest man, to the tune of $12.1 billion.
Only two professionals still playing their sports have become billionaires: Tiger Woods and LeBron James. While their success on the course and court respectively has made them ric...
Since 1998, Francois-Henri Pinault, and his father Francois, have sat in the owner’s box at Roazhon Park, the home of Rennes Football Club. Yet despite their enormous wealth, the P...
Alain and Gerard Wertheimer have a passion for the finer things in life, including the fashion house Chanel and thoroughbred racehorses. As low-profile by the catwalk as they are b...
To boost his popularity and develop his business, India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, turned to his country’s number one sport: cricket. The owner of Reliance Industries, he batted...
