The likes of Newcastle and Manchester City are now essentially being owned by states, while there’s an increasing number of billionaires in charge of clubs. If you don’t have a rich owner, it’s going to be very difficult to be competitive in the greatest league in the world. But which teams currently competing in the Premier League have the richest owners?

Given the fact that football has dramatically changed, and that those who have the most money tend to have the most power, these are how every single Premier League club ranks based on the wealth of their owners.

20 Brentford – Matthew Benham

Net worth: £216 million

Brentford fan Mark Benham established his wealth through gambling firms such as Matchbook and Smartodds. He took control of the Bees in 2012 and also owns Danish side FC Midtjylland. He’s become a bit of a hero among the fanbase with a statistical model helping Brentford establish themselves as a regular Premier League club, as well as helping build a brand-new stadium.

Brentford, along with Brighton, are two of the best-run clubs in Europe, never mind just in England. Bringing in young players that can be moulded and grown into stars in the making, and then selling them on to bigger clubs for a huge profit is the way the Bees have operated successfully to become a staple in the Premier League.

19 Hull City – Acun Ilicali

Net Worth – £225 million

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In 2022, Acun Ilicali company ACUNMEDYA purchased Hull City. Those in England weren’t too familiar with the man, but he’s a big deal in his native Turkey. A broadcaster, entrepreneur, international TV producer, businessman and more, the 57-year-old has no shortage of ambition, and this is reflected in his sporting projects.

He’s also had connections to Dutch football team Fortuna Sittard, Irish club Shelbourne, and was briefly on the board of directors at Fenerbahce. His sole focus, however, is now with Hull City, and that bodes well for the newly-promoted club.

18 Coventry City – Doug King

Net worth: £317 million

Beyond Doug King at Coventry City, there haven’t been many better owners in the EFL in recent times. The British businessman became the club’s sole owner in 2023 and has since restructured the club’s financial and operational framework in impressive fashion.

On the pitch, it was a bold call for King to get rid of the long-serving Mark Robins, who was sacked after a fine seven and a half years in charge, and eyebrows were raised when Frank Lampard replaced him. But it turned out to be a stroke of genius, as Coventry clinched promotion to the Premier League after 25 years away. Their net worth could be on the rise in coming years if the Sky Blues manager to cement their position back in the big time.

17 Brighton – Tony Bloom

Net worth: £1.3 billion

Tony Bloom made his billions through gambling, specifically poker. He bought his boyhood club, Brighton, in 2009 and has overseen their incredible rise with a clear philosophy and incredible success in the transfer market thanks to a data-driven approach.

The Seagulls operate by using clever scouting methods to unearth gems from all across the globe to develop before selling them to the highest bidder. The best example of this came when Moises Caicedo was brought in for a nominal fee and became one of the best-performing midfielders in English football. This earned the Ecuadorian defensive midfielder a move to Chelsea for £115 million, making him the most expensive signing in Premier League history.

Net worth: £1.9 billion

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US billionaire Bill Foley assumed control at the Vitality Stadium in 2023. He’s the chairman of Fidelity National Financial, Cannae Holdings and Black Knight Financial Services. He also owns NHL side, Vegas Golden Knights and a stake in French Ligue 1 club FC Lorient.

There was an expectation that the beginning of Foley’s time in charge of the Cherries would be in the Championship, but the miracles worked by Gary O’Neil and co in the 2022/23 season ensured the club’s top-flight status. There was an influx of signings as a result and the appointment of Andoni Iraola has worked wonders as Bournemouth have pushed towards European qualification – though they must now start a new era with Marco Silva in charge this term.

15 Sunderland – Kyril Louis-Dreyfus

Net worth: £2 billion

After several really disappointing years, which saw Sunderland suffer two relegations and languish in League One for a period, the Black Cats have returned to the promised land. In their first season back, they qualified for the Europa League against all odds.

Majority owner Kyril Louis-Dreyfus is the youngest chairman in football, at just 28 years old, but he also has one of the lowest net worths in the Premier League. Whether they can keep punching above their weight remains to be seen, but it’s been an incredible journey up until this point.

14 Nottingham Forest – Evangelos Marinakis

Net worth: £5.1 billion

Evangelos Marinakis, who also owns Olympiacos, hasn’t held back in terms of investing in the transfer market following Nottingham Forest‘s return to the Premier League. It worked as they managed to stay up during the 2022/23 and 2023/24 campaigns and then flourished in 2024/25, finishing in the top seven and securing European football.

Nottingham Forest have signed an incredible number of players, which is a blessing and a curse as those players helped keep the iconic club in the Premier League. Marinakis is also not shy in making some controversial statements and decisions, one of those being when he hired Mark Clattenburg to become the Premier League’s first referee analyst, and the other was boldly sacking Nuno Espirito Santo after he led the team to European football, before appointing four different successors before fianlly settling on Oliver Glasner this summer.

13 Tottenham – ENIC International Ltd

Net worth: £5.1 billion

Joe Lewis is ENIC Group’s major shareholder (70.6%). ENIC have been at Spurs since 2001 and, while Daniel Levy, who acted as the club’s CEO for 25 years from 2000-2025 and was seen at every match, Lewis lives in the tax exile of the Bahamas.

Lewis was accused of being in charge of an insider trading scheme in July 2023, something that has been denied by the man himself. It is yet to be seen if any charges are brought against him and what impact that would have on Tottenham as a result. In the meantime, the north Londoners have been splurging on some huge new signings to avoid a third successive relegation dogfight, with Roberto De Zerbi being handed a war chest that has presented him 39 new signings worth £237 million combined.

12 Leeds United – 49ers Enterprises

Net worth: £6.2 billion

Leeds United finished first in the Championship just two seasons and will now be hoping that second season syndrome doesn’t kick in. They have plenty of money to avoid the drop. 49ers Enterprises, who also own NFL franchise the San Francisco 49ers, have an accumulative net worth of just over £6 billion.

The West Yorkshire side splashed the cash in the 2025/26 transfer window as they spent £100m on new arrivals, and they are nearing that sum again a year on.

11 Everton – Friedkin Group

Net worth: £9 billion

The Friedkin Group, led by American billionaire Dan Friedkin, completed a majority acquisition of Everton in 2024 which ended years of choppy waters for them under the previous ownership of Farhad Moshiri.

TFG also own Italian side Roma, but their biggest move with the Toffees has been to complete their move from Goodison Park to the Hill Dickinson Stadium in 2025. The sky is the limit, it would seem, though David Moyes will need more fresh faces in the squad if they are to push further up the table and compete for European football.