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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, currently ranked as the world's third wealthiest individual, may be on the verge of becoming a part-owner of Liverpool FC.
According to Sky News, Bezos is reportedly part of a consortium that is "closing in on a deal" to acquire roughly a "one-third stake" in Liverpool from Fenway Sports Group (FSG). FSG could make a formal announcement regarding the potential "transaction" as early as this week.
Bezos, 62, launched Amazon out of a rented garage back in 1994. Forbes currently places his net worth at $280.6 billion, ranking him behind only Elon Musk ($823.6 billion) and Larry Page ($290.1 billion) among the globe's wealthiest people.
Also part of the consortium pursuing the minority stake in Liverpool are Eduardo Saverin, a Facebook co-founder, and Amit Bhatia, who previously held shares in EFL Championship side Queens Park Rangers. Saverin and Bhatia are estimated to be worth approximately $32 billion and $30 billion respectively.
Should the deal go through, FSG would maintain overall control of Liverpool, while finally securing the outside investment that the firm — established by John W. Henry and Tom Werner — has been open to accepting for the club over several years.
A statement released in November 2022 read: "FSG has frequently received expressions of interest from third parties seeking to become shareholders in Liverpool.
"FSG has said before that under the right terms and conditions we would consider new shareholders if it was in the best interests of Liverpool as a club. FSG remains fully committed to the success of Liverpool, both on and off the pitch."
In January 2025, Errol Musk — father of Elon Musk — publicly stated that his son "would like to" purchase Liverpool. However, no formal offer was submitted and a complete sale by FSG is not thought to have ever been on the table. Elon Musk himself had previously made light of the idea on social media in 2022, joking about buying Manchester United.
How Much Is Jeff Bezos Paying for Liverpool?
Sky News reports that the deal places Liverpool's overall valuation at $6 billion, implying the Bezos, Saverin, and Bhatia consortium will invest approximately $2 billion for an assumed 33% share.
It remains unclear how the stake will be divided among consortium members, and therefore how much each individual is contributing to secure their portion.
Nevertheless, that $2 billion figure would make this one of soccer's "richest-ever deals." FSG acquired Liverpool from American businessmen Tom Hicks and George Gillette in 2010 for an estimated $480 million — a figure that highlights just how dramatically the club's value has grown over 16 years.
The record for a soccer club acquisition remains the $5.4 billion that Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital paid to take over Chelsea in 2022. Of that total, only around $3.2 billion went directly toward purchasing the club, with the remaining $2.2 billion pledged as a long-term infrastructure investment.
Sir Jim Ratcliffe paid $1.6 billion in 2024 for a 27.7% stake in Manchester United, a deal that also handed him and his INEOS group control over the club's soccer operations.
Across all of sports, a new record was set in 2025 when Mark Walter's investment group completed a $10 billion takeover of the Los Angeles Lakers. That surpassed the previous benchmark set earlier the same year, when longtime NBA rivals the Boston Celtics were purchased by Bill Chisholm for $6.1 billion.