‘It’s so exciting to be in on this’: why Chelsea owners bought into the Hundred
Jonathan Goldstein, who with Todd Boehly spent £40m to buy half of Trent Rockets, says English cricket has been ‘significantly underexploited’ until now
As a man who has negotiated with Roman Abramovich and Daniel Levy, Jonathan Goldstein is no novice when it comes to investing in sport, but even he professes to have been stunned and thrilled when participating in last month’s Hundred auction.
The Chelsea director “maintained discipline” as a rival Silicon Valley consortium featuring the chief executives of Microsoft and Google paid £144m for 49% of London Spirit. He then returned to the England and Wales Cricket Board’s virtual auction room the following week to buy half of Trent Rockets for £40m, in partnership with Todd Boehly, the Chelsea co-owner and chair, and the private equity company Ares Management.
Continue reading…
Source: Cricket - The Guardian
Recent Posts
Immaculate Feather Fossil Reveals the Unlikely Preserving Power of Volcanoes
A 30,000-year-old vulture feather from Central Italy was preserved down to the microscopic level by…
This AirPods change in iOS 18 might save you from constantly switching noise modes
Adaptive Audio originally shipped for only, but has since expanded to AirPods 4 too. Apple…
Stephen King’s Cujo Gets an Unexpected Yet Exciting Director
Darren Aronofsky, director of Black Swan and The Wrestler, is circling the Netflix remake.
MacWhisper 12 delivers the most requested feature to the leading AI transcription app
MacWhisper has been a must-have transcription tool for a while now, and the new version…
The Sex Lives of College Girls’ Best Future is on Netflix After Max Cancellation
On Tuesday afternoon, Max left many viewers stunned when it canceled The Sex Lives of…
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos remaster gets a PC and console release date
Fans of developer Argonaut's warmly remembered 3D platformer Croc: Legend of the Gobbos are in…