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Consortium including Bezos and Saverin buys 38% stake in Liverpool FC
Amazon founder Bezos joins consortium buying minority stake in Liverpool FC
A consortium led by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, acquired a 38% stake in Liverpool FC from Fenway Sports Group on Friday. The group, named 1892 Holdings after the club’s founding year, secured a "strategic minority investment" under a definitive agreement, with Bhatia set to become vice-chairman pending regulatory approval. The deal values Liverpool between £5 billion and £6 billion and includes an option for the consortium to purchase a controlling stake within the next 12 months, though no formal commitment exists .
Bhatia, the son-in-law of Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, previously served as a director and co-owner of Queens Park Rangers for 18 years before relinquishing his stake last month. FSG confirmed the transaction in a statement but did not disclose further financial details .
In a separate development, the European Commission approved Santander’s joint control of Ebury, its international payments fintech, alongside U.S. investment firm Centerbridge. The commission stated the deal, which primarily affects banking and financial services, "does not raise concerns" over competition due to the "limited market positions" of the involved parties . Ebury, founded in the U.K. in 2009 by two Spanish entrepreneurs, was majority-acquired by Santander in 2020, with Centerbridge entering later through financing rounds.
Additionally, Google agreed to purchase internal data from defunct U.S. airline Spirit Airlines for $10 million to train its AI models. The dataset, stripped of personal information, includes 100 million employee emails, 500 million Teams messages, spreadsheets, calendars, and operational records. A court hearing on Wednesday will finalize the sale, with Mercor offering a backup bid of $7.5 million .
In Germany, U.S. conglomerate Madison Air acquired fan manufacturer EBM-Papst for €5.1 billion. The deal, advised by Goldman Sachs, was finalized in under 10 weeks, according to CEO Klaus Geißdörfer, who denied the company was prepared for sale from the outset .
Meanwhile, X-Elio, owned by Brookfield, sold its 14 MW Funaki solar plant in Japan to Sun Trinity, a Sumitomo and Shikoku Electric Power venture. The plant, built on a former golf course, generates 17,000 MWh annually and has a long-term power purchase agreement with Amazon .
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