West Ham’s David Sullivan and Daniel Kretinsky feature on Sunday Times Richlist including Tottenham Hotspur and Everton owners

The Sunday Times Rich List is out and football club owners can be seen on it. Some of the richest people in the world are no strangers to investing into or buying sports organisations.

Everton owner Farhad Moshiri has been named as the richest UK-based majority owner in the Premier League and is 112nd on the list. He is then followed by West Ham’s David Sullivan and family, who are worth £1.18billion, leaving them 159th, with the Hammers’ Daniel Kretinsky also featuring with a worth of £4bn but he is not a majority owner.

Two other top flight owners feature as well. Brighton and Hove Albion’s Tony Bloom is joint-189th with Tottenham Hotspur’s co-owner Daniel Leavy on £500million.

Elsewhere, number four on the overall list is one of Newcastle United’s part-owners Jamie Reuben. Sir Jim Ratcliffe, who is being linked with a takeover of Manchester United, is 2nd on the list.

Robert Watts, compiler of the Sunday Times Rich List, said: “This year’s Sunday Times Rich List shows a golden period for the super rich is over. For the first time in 14 years we’ve seen the number of UK billionaires fall.

“Two years ago we raised concerns about an unsettling boom in the fortunes of the very wealthy that continued unchecked during the political instability around Brexit and the pandemic. This is not a crash - but there are household names who have lost vast sums over the past year.

“The bursting of the tech bubble, the end of rock bottom interests and the jitters creeping through the banking industry have all taken their toll. “The super rich don’t exist in a vacuum. Many small investors lost money in some of their overblown stock market floats. Many people also work for their businesses. Financial losses for billionaires can have implications for us all.”

West Ham have reached the Europa Conference League final and will take on Fiorentina in the final in Prague next month. They will then be hoping Sullivan and co. can invest into their playing squad ahead of next term.

Levy and Spurs need to find a new manager for next season. Ryan Mason remains in caretaker charge of the London club as they hunt for a permanent replacement for Antonio Conte.