Premier League owners: All you need to know about them

Crystal Palace – Steve Parish, Josh Harris and David Blitzer (CPFC)

Crystal Palace F.C. is currently owned by CPFC 2010 Limited, a Private Limited Company registered at Company House. CPFC 2010 was established by a consortium of four businessmen, Steve Parish, Martin Long, Stephen Browett and Jeremy Hosking in 2010, each owning a 25% share of the company.

On 18 December 2015, it was announced that a new deal had been signed with American investors Josh Harris and David Blitzer. The club stated that Steve Parish would continue as chairman alongside Harris and Blitzer and that Browett, Long and Hosking would also retain a substantial investment.

Parish is widely loved by the Crystal Palace as under him, the Eagles have become a regular fixture in the Premier League.

Everton – Farhad Moshiri

Farhad Moshiri recently became the major shareholder of Everton football club owning 49.9% shares of the Merseyside club. He bought it from popular long time owner Bill Kenwright who still owns 13.15% of the club’s total shares.

Moshiri after taking over said:

"Indeed it is this strong sense of tradition which appealed to me as I discussed the opportunity with Bill Kenwright to become part of the future of the club.

"It is a testament to the enduring quality and consistency of the club that Everton has remained in he top flight of English football since 1954.”

The British-Iranian businessman Moshiri owns and has shares in numerous steel and energy companies in the UK and Russia. Moshiri has vowed to spend big for Everton and he is currently worth around USD 1.84 billion.