Gallagher Premiership rich list: Every owner ranked by net worth
Rugby NewsTuesday, 15 September 2020 at 11:56
Gallagher Premiership owners are growing richer than ever before, but how much are they worth?
Despite heavy investments, Derek Richardson, owner of Wasps, fails to make the top three in the Gallagher Premiership owners' rich list.
Three clubs have no clear owner:
Exeter Chiefs: N/A
Club states that it remains owned by 700 members, the shares held by John Lockyer, Bob Staddon, Paul Derbyshire and Ian Pugsley acting as trustees.
Leicester Tigers owner: N/A
Most recent annual return notes a large number of individual shareholders; club states that no person owns 50% or more of the club shares.
Northampton Saints owner: N/A
No overall controlling party.
Now, take a look through the gallery to reveal the estimated net worth of the Gallagher Premiership's owners and top shareholders.
9. Sale Sharks owner: Simon Orange net worth - £647,724
Owned by Simon Orange via a holding company, CorpAcq Ltd. The combined cash at bank value for all businesses where SIMON holds a current appointment equals £20.6m, a combined total current assets value of £99m with a total current liabilities of £119.9m and a total current net worth of £-25m.
8. Worcester Warriors owner: Jed McCrory net worth - £4 million
7. Harlequins owner: Duncan Saville net worth - £20 million
Ultimately owned by Union Mutual Pension Fund Ltd, registered in the tax haven of Bermuda. Reported to be owned by financiers Charles Jillings and Duncan Saville
6. Gloucester owner: Martin St Quinton net worth - £20.2 million
Ultimately owned by Martin St Quinton, who made his fortune from selling his company Azzurri Communications.
5. London Irish owner: Mick Crossan net worth - £45.5 million
4. Wasps owner: Derek Richardson net worth - £60 million
Owned by Derek Richardson via Moonstone Holdings, a company registered in Malta.
3. Bath owner: Bruce Craig net worth - £249 million
The accounts state that the ultimate controlling owner is the sole shareholder, Bruce Craig.
2. Saracens owner: Nigel Wray net worth - £315 million
Parent company Premier Team Holdings majority owned by Nigel Wray.
1. Bristol Bears owner: Stephen Lansdown net worth - £1.35 billion
Bristol City majority shareholder Steve Lansdown has lost £370m over the last 12 months, likely as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Sunday Times.
Lansdown’s wealth is valued at £1.35bn, down from £1.72bn last year, and the Bristolian billionaire has fallen 22 places in the newspaper’s annual Rich List.
The 67-year-old Guernsey-based businessman is now ranked outside Britain’s 100 wealthiest people, dropping from No83 in 2019 to No105 in 2020.
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