I responded Participant founder Alexis Ohhanian bought a minority stake in Chelsea FC for women, giving him a royal share in two of the most teams in women’s sport.
The founder of the Investment Capital Company seven seven six and the pair of tennis legend Serena Williams paid 20 million pounds for a 10 % stake in the English football team, according to a person familiar with the deal. Ohanian is also the owner of a part of the owners of the National Women’s Football City along with Disney CEO Bob Egger and his wife, Willou Bay.
The Chelsea deal in OHANAN is estimated at the women’s club at 200 million pounds, according to the familiar person, which makes it the most valuable women’s team in the world based on the current foreign exchange rates. As part of the deal, Ohanian will be given a seat on the team board.
Ohahanian said in a Publishing on the social networking site x Confirm the class.
Chelsea FC women won six consecutive titles in the league. Ohaanian says he sees the opportunity to develop a global brand within women’s football.
“I am sure that Chelsea FC women are the upcoming global sports brand,” he said.
Ohanian “Squawk Box” told CNBC on Thursday that one of the things that he prompted to Chelsea is the great social media of the team. Chelsea FC Women has 4 million followers on Instagram.
“As a social media man, I am looking for online heat on the free market to pay attention,” said Ohanian. “If this is any other brand, there is a lot of the chance of revenue there.”
Ohaanian also said that he believes in the business model and that women’s sport has been estimated for a long time. He said that the brands are now only started to wake up to this value.
“We will see one billion dollars in women’s football in the non -far -long future,” foretold.
In 2020, Ohanian Reddit left to focus on building a legacy for his young daughters through sports and other investments.
He said in 2024 he had I invested 250,000 dollars From his daughters to his daughters to Angel City FC. Ohhanian said that the investment made them the youngest professional sport owners and Malandirat.
Williams recently became the owner of part of Wnba The Toronto TempoOhanian began Women’s Path Competition.
