Fenway Sports Group has agreed to sell roughly a third of Liverpool Football Club to a consortium fronted by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia, backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Meta co-founder Eduardo Saverin. It is the largest valuation ever placed on a football club investment — and a deal that reshapes, without ending, FSG's sixteen-year ownership of Anfield.
The Deal, In Numbers
Fenway Sports Group confirmed today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell a minority equity stake in Liverpool FC to 1892 Holdings, a consortium named in acknowledgement of the year the club was founded. Sources familiar with the transaction place the stake at approximately 30%, valuing Liverpool in the region of $7 billion (roughly £5.5 billion) — the highest valuation ever placed on an investment in a football club, surpassing Sir Jim Ratcliffe's 2024 purchase of a stake in Manchester United at around $5.8 billion.
FSG, led by principal owner John W. Henry, bought Liverpool outright in 2010 for £300 million — roughly $476 million at the time. Today's deal implies a club valuation more than fourteen times what FSG paid for the entire company fifteen years ago. The transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals.
Who's Actually Behind 1892 Holdings
The consortium is led by Amit Bhatia, a 46-year-old British-Indian businessman who becomes Liverpool's new vice chairman. A Cornell University economics graduate, he began at Morgan Stanley before moving into private equity, and today runs AyBe Capital Advisers, chairs UK construction materials supplier Breedon Group, and is a founding partner of Summix Capital. He spent eighteen years as co-owner of Queens Park Rangers, chairing the club between 2018 and 2023, before transferring his QPR stake earlier this month to clear the way for this deal.
Bhatia is married to Vanisha Mittal, daughter of steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, worth an estimated £23.2 billion. The Mittal family previously invested in QPR alongside Bernie Ecclestone and Flavio Briatore, and holds a 75% stake in cricket's Rajasthan Royals. The Mittal Family Trusts are named directly as investment partners.
Jeff Bezos, worth an estimated $286 billion, invests via K5 Sports, the fund within his K5 Global vehicle — though he won't take a board seat himself; K5 Sports will be represented by Bryan Baum instead. Eduardo Saverin, Meta co-founder worth an estimated $32.5 billion, invests through EE Capital, the family office he runs with wife Elaine — who will join Liverpool's board alongside Bhatia and Baum.
What FSG Said, and What Changes
FSG President Mike Gordon: "Liverpool has always been built by thinking beyond one season and making decisions with the club's long-term interests in mind... it became clear that Amit and the consortium shared our long-term philosophy." Bhatia: "We have the utmost respect and admiration for FSG as owners... To be welcomed as a partner in a club of this stature is a huge privilege."
FSG retains majority ownership and full operational control. The consortium's role is advisory and strategic — bringing together "experts from across global business, technology and investment" to "evaluate opportunities," not assuming operational authority. The deal will not affect Liverpool's approach to the current transfer window.
Part of a Longer Pattern, Not a One-Off
In 2021, FSG brought in LeBron James alongside RedBird Capital Partners, valuing the wider FSG group at $7.35 billion. In 2023, FSG sold a further stake to Dynasty Equity worth up to £164 million, earmarked for pandemic-era debt and Anfield expansion. RedBird Capital and Arctos Sports Partners still hold minority stakes today alongside Dynasty Equity — meaning today's investment adds to an already multi-layered ownership structure beneath FSG's continued control.
The Bottom Line
The 1892 Holdings investment represents the largest valuation ever placed on a football club stake, bringing together one of the world's richest men, a Meta co-founder, and the Mittal family's industrial wealth, under Amit Bhatia's operational leadership. FSG's ownership and control remains unchanged in substance, continuing a well-established pattern of selectively bringing in strategic minority capital. What the deal signals most clearly is how the world's biggest investors currently value the very top tier of European football — a $7 billion marker likely to shape every future Premier League ownership conversation.