A wave of wealthy Americans are turning to a new way of expanding their wealth and influence beyond buying up start-ups and multimillion-dollar mansions: European soccer clubs. Now, billionaire Jeff Bezos may be joining the cohort of rich investors looking to live out their sports-owner fantasies.
The Amazon founder is in talks to join the consortium looking to buy around 30% of Liverpool FC. The group, led by British-Indian investor Amit Bhatia, has made a provisional offer of £1.35 billion (nearly $1.8 billion) to buy a minority stake from Fenway Sports Groups (FSG)—valuing the Premier League club at around £4.5 billion (around $6 billion).
