In today’s latest Sports update from Latest Ghana, we confirm to you that — the popular football club, Chelsea FC owner is no more part of the top 10 richest sports team owners in the world after he had issues with financial affairs due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict circulating.
Steve Ballmer, Los Angeles Clippers owner is now the richest sports team owner in the world — having an estimated net worth of $91.4 billion today.
Despite Steve Ballmer’s estimated net worth, there is yet another person to follow the list of top 10 richest football team owners in the world.
We can see from Mukesh Ambani, Mumbai Indians owner with an estimated net worth of $90.7 billion as part of the top 10 richest sports team owners in the world.
In third place is François Pinault, the owner of Ligue 1 side Stade Rennes, who has a net worth of $40.4 billion.
There was a decision made by Abramovich in March, to go about selling his football club, Chelsea, after pressure was mounted on him in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Abramovich is believed to one of the close ties with the Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The UK government subsequently slapped him with several sanctions, including freezing all his assets and stopping him from selling the club.
This has affected Abramovich’s finances and his net worth has drastically dropped from nearly $15 billion in January to $6.9 billion.
Though Russia-Ukraine war conflict has caused the decline in the wealth of Abramovich, there are other richest personalities that are out of the top 10 richest list.
Real estate and sports magnate Stan Kroenke, who owns Los Angeles Rams, the Colorado Avalanche, the Denver Nuggets and Arsenal, is also way below the pecking order with a net worth of $10.7 billion.
Roman Abramovich: The Chelsea Football Club Owner Drops Out Of Top 10 Richest Sports Team Owners Across The Globe today.
In our coming article about latest sports, we shall cover more you may need to know about the top 10 richest sports team owners, their net worth and more.