Liverpool announced in a statement this afternoon that the Amazon founder had bought into the club
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has bought a stake in Liverpool FC in a sensational deal for the Premier League.
The megarich American, who has en estimated net worth of £192billion, is part of a consortium buying into the Anfield club.
A statement on the Reds' official website read: “Fenway Sports Group (FSG), a global sports, media, entertainment, and real estate company, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of a minority equity stake in Liverpool F.C. to 1892 Holdings, a consortium led and managed by Amit Bhatia, with investments from Amit Bhatia and the Mittal Family Trusts, K5 Sports (a K5 Global Fund), with Jeff Bezos as the lead investor in the K5 Sports fund, and EE Capital, the family office of Elaine and Eduardo Saverin.
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