Meet The American Billionaire Running The Premier League’s Liverpool FC

Mike Gordon, president of Fenway Sports Group and owner of roughly 10 percent of the company, oversees Liverpool FC operations and has been credited by a former manager as 'the brain behind all the things' at the club. FSG bought Liverpool for about $475 million in 2010; last week it sold 30 to 40 percent of the club to a consortium including Jeff Bezos at a $7.4 billion valuation.

Gordon declined an interview for the profile, as he reportedly does for nearly all media requests, leaving the piece to rely on past praise from Jürgen Klopp and John Henry. His public contribution was a single boilerplate statement about long-term thinking issued alongside the sale announcement.

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