Fenway Sports Group, which bought Liverpool in 2010, will maintain the majority share and operational control of the club.
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The deal values Liverpool FC somewhere between $7.1 billion and $7.4 billion.
LEWIS STEELE: It is a mega-money deal that sees the Boston-based FSG, who also own baseball behemoths the Red Sox, set for a £1.65billion payout.
It is the first known investment by Mr. Bezos, one of the world's richest men, into a sports team.
Although majority owners Fenway Sports Group will continue to run day-to-day operations and there will be no change to Liverpool's transfer budget, 1892 Holdings will now own around one-third of the club, which is now valued at over £5bn ...
The group that includes Jeff Bezos has an option to become the majority shareholder within the next year.
Amazon owner Bezos, with a wealth of roughly $270bn, is part of a consortium buying a minority stake in Liverpool ...
FSG will continue to retain majority ownership and operational control of the club, a release confirming the sale on Friday said.
Liverpool's owner, Fenway Sports Group, has confirmed it has agreed the sale of 30% of the club to a consortium including Amit Bhatia, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin ...
Liverpool's owners have confirmed a consortium featuring Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has concluded an agreement to buy a minority stake in the club.