The son of a billionaire and a native of Leningrad Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Kirill became the new owner of the English football club Sunderland. The statement appeared on the team’s official team site .
According to the material, the 22-year-old businessman acquired a controlling stake from the British entrepreneur and CEO of the insurance company Bridle Insuranc Stuart Donald. It is noted that the English Football League is currently considering this agreement.
“I am aware of the efforts that the current owner has made to keep the club alive and respect the challenge given Sunderland’s recent past and current economic climate,” concluded Louis-Dreyfus in a statement released.
Cyril is one of the three sons of the richest Russian woman, Margarita Louis-Dreyfus. As a girl, the woman bore the surname Bogdanov. Born in 1962 in Leningrad, she married a Swiss student in the 1980s and moved to Zurich, where in 1992 she became the wife of businessman Robert Louis-Dreyfus. Now her fortune is estimated at 5.6 billion euros.
Kirill’s father, former Adidas CEO Robert Louis-Dreyfus, passed away in 2009 after a long struggle with leukemia.