Premier League owners: Man Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool, Leeds owners wealth ranked and how they made their money

Money makes the world go round, and that's certainly the case in the Premier League.

The best players in the world want to play in the competitive English top flight, but they don't come for cheap with transfer fees skyrocketing year on year, even with Premier League attempts to clamp down on Financial Fair Play.

The ownership of clubs can be a source of frustration for football fans and every season supporters come together to demand change in the powers that be at their club.

3 Added Minutes ranks the Premier League football club owners by their reported net worth and summarises how they came about their stacks of cash.

20 - Matthew Benham, Brentford

Net worth: £24.5 million

Matthew Benham founder and owner of Smartodds, a statistical research company for professional gamblers, and owner of Matchbook betting exchange. The Oxford graduate also owns FC Midtjylland in Denmark.

19 - Evangelos Marinakis, Nottingham Forest

Net worth: £506 million

Evangelos Marinakis is a Greek media mogul and founder of Capital Maritime & Trading Corp. Since 2010, Marinakis has owned hometown team Olympiacos and made his money through shipping and media deals.

18 - Tony Bloom, Brighton

Net worth: £1.06 billion

According to reports, Tony Bloom's wealth has primarily come through proprietary or value betting on sports events. Bloom is known as The Lizzard and has played on the World Poker Tour. As of 2022, his live tournament earnings exceeded $3,800,000.

17 - Dragan Solak & Katharina Liebherr, Southampton

Net worth: £1.06 billion

Serbian businessman Dragan Šolak is a media mogul who founded and is the majority owner of the United Group media house which provides broadband, mobile and TV services in South East Europe.

16 - Bill Foley, Bournemouth

Net worth: £1.31 billion

American Bill Foley specialises in financial services and is chairman of Fidelity National Financial, Cannae Holdings and Black Knight Financial Services, as well as lead investor in Black Knight Sports & Entertainment. Foley is involved in ice hockey and Ligue 1 club FC Lorient, as well as Bournemouth.

15 - Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha, Leicester City

Net worth: £1.39 billion

Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha is CEO and Chairman of King Power. He is a businessman in his own right, but the roles and ownership of Leicester were handed down after the tragic death of his father Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.

14 - Farhad Moshiri, Everton

Net worth: £2.37 billion

Farhad Moshiri is chairman and a shareholder of USM, a diverse Russian holding company which works across the metals and mining, telecoms, technology and internet sectors. Moshiri sold a stake in Arsenal in order to complete his Everton purchase.

13 - Andrea Radrizzani, Leeds United

Net worth: £3.27 billion

Italian tycoon Andrea Radrizzani made his money through sports broadcasting and is chairman and founder of Eleven Sports. He is famous for brokering huge broadcast deals across sports, including the showing of the Premier League in 51 territories.

12 - The Glazer family, Man Utd

Net worth: £3.84 billion

The Glazer wealth comes from the First Allied Corporation, a holding company for their business moves, which are expansive and range from real estate to health care and television. The Glazers also own NFL side Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

11 - Steve Parish, Joshua Harris, David S. Blitzer & John Textor, Crystal Palace

Net worth: £4.49 billion

Steve Parish begin his career working in computer graphics and built up company Tag Worldwide before selling it in 2011. Parish led a consortium called CPFC 2010 to buy Crystal Palace and save it from a second spell in administration. Harris and Blitzer are American investors as part of the Apollo Global Management firm of which Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are also members. Textor is the former Executive Chairman of fuboTV.

10 - Daniel Levy & Joe Lewis, Tottenham Hotspur

Net worth: £4.74 billion

Daniel Levy worked in family business Mr Byrite and was involved in property development before forming a business association with Joe Lewis who worked together on sports investment group ENIC International Ltd. Levy replaced Sir Alan Sugar as Spurs chairman in February 2001 and ENIC would buy Sir Alan's remaining shares in 2007 to own 85.55% of the club.

9 - Guo Guangchang, Liang Xinjun & Wang Qunbin, Wolves

Net worth: £5.64 billion

Guo Guangchang is a Chinese businessman and investor who is chairman and co-founder of multinational conglomerate holding company Fosun International Limited. He was named the 45th richest person in China in 2019. Xinjun and Qunbin are also involved with Fosun.

8 - David Sullivan & Daniel Kretinsky, West Ham

Net worth: £5.96 billion

David Sullivan was a millionaire by the age of 25 thanks to his work selling pornography before going on to own Daily Sport and Sunday Sport. Sullivan was an owner at Birmingham City before buying West Ham. Kretinsky is a Czech billionaire businessman and lawyer. He acquired shares in the Hammers in 2021 and is also co-owner and president of football club AC Sparta Prague.

7 - Shahid Khan, Fulham

Net worth: £6.45 billion

Shahid Khan is owner of Flex-N-Gate which supplies motor vehicle components in America. He owns Jacksonville Jaguars as well as Fulham and is also a lead investor in All Elite Wrestling.

6 - John W. Henry & Tom Werner, Liverpool

Net worth: £8 billion

John W. Henry first made his money through trading before focusing on sports investment. Henry partnered with Werner when buying the Boston Red Sox and the two formed what would become Fenway Sports Group, which owns Liverpool, in 2001.

5 - Nassef Sawiris & Wesley Edens, Aston Villa

Net worth: £9.72 billion

Nassef Sawiris is an Egyptian businessman who runs the Orascom conglomerate, first formed by his father as a construction company in 1952. Sawiris owns football club holding company V Sports alongside Wesley Ededns, which also owns a stake in Portuguese side Vitória de Guimarães. Edens is co-founder of Fortress Investment Group and co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks franchise of the NBA.

4 - Stan Kroenke, Arsenal

Net worth: £10.5 billion

Stan Kroenke first found his wealth through real estate before turning to sports investment. As well as Arsenal, he owns NFL, NBA, NHL and MLS sides in the USA.

3 - Todd Boehly, Clearlake Capital Group, Hansjorg Wyss & Mark Walter, Chelsea

Net worth: £12.91 billion

Todd Boehly is co-founder and CEO of holding company Eldridge Industries which he formed in 2015 after success in credit investment and broadcast deals. Boehly and Clearlake led a consortium of investors to buy Chelsea last year. Wyss is a Swiss billionaire businessman and environmentalist. Walter is CEO of Guggenheim Partners.

2 - Sheikh Mansour, Man City

Net worth: £17.9 billion

Sheikh Mansour is an Emirati royal and politician who is Vice President and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates. He owns the Abu Dhabi United Group, an investment company for the Abu Dhabi royal family.

1 - Public Investment Fund, Newcastle United

Net worth: £506 billion

The Public Investment Fund owns a majority 80% stake in Newcastle United and funds come from the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Saudi Arabia, which is one of the largest in the world.