Tottenham Hotspur – Joe Lewis (ENIC International ltd)
A Bahamian businessman, Joe Lewis, is the owner of the Tavistock group. Tavistock is a huge conglomerate, comprising of 200 companies spread over 15 countries; the fields of investment being oil and petroleum, retail chains, real estate, life sciences, etc.
In 2012, Lewis, through his investment company ENIC Investments Ltd., took over the ownership of Tottenham Hotspur capturing 70.6% of the holding company which owns 85% of the North London club.
Daniel Levy who is the Chairman of Tottenham owns the remaining 29.4% of the ENIC Investments Ltd. Tottenham have recently started challenging for top honours again and both Joe Lewis and Daniel Levy will be hoping for Tottenham’s good form to continue.
The net worth of Joe Lewis is estimated to be around USD 5.4 billion.
Watford F.C. – Pozzo family
Giampaolo Pozzo and son Gino Pozzo are currently the joint owners of English club Watford. The Italian family own famous clubs like Granada and Udinese along with Watford.
In June 2012, Giampaolo acquired Watford from previous owner Laurence Bassini. Over time he has invested heavily in the club, including sending over multiple players from his other teams Granada and Udinese. Some of these players include Almen Abdi, Matej Vydra and Gabrielle Angela. As well as sending multiple players over from his other clubs he signed a £18 million maintenance deal to renovate their stadium.
He has now handed over ownership and running of the club to his son Gino, who is based in London.
The Pozzo family is loved by the Watford fans as their investments have made Watford a credible Premier League team.