Bezos and Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Near Deal for 30% Stake in Liverpool FC
Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin are part of a consortium closing in on a deal to buy a 30% stake in Liverpool Football Club, according to Sky News.
The agreement, which would value the club at $6 billion, is being brokered with current owner Fenway Sports Group and could be announced in the coming days, Sky News reported on 10 August 2026. That timing could slip into the following week.
The consortium is led by Amit Bhatia, son-in-law of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. Bhatia sold his shares in Championship club Queens Park Rangers on the same day the Liverpool deal first emerged in reporting, per Sky News business editor Mark Kleinman. The initial story broke roughly two weeks earlier, when Sky News reported on 26 July 2026 that Saverin had been invited to join the bid for a significant minority stake, with Bezos named as a potential co-investor.
For Bezos, whose wealth is estimated at close to $300 billion, the deal would mark his first major move into sports team ownership. For Saverin, it is a return to familiar territory. He was part of a group that explored a takeover of Chelsea — Liverpool's Premier League rivals — in 2022. Saverin now runs private equity firm B Capital and has an estimated wealth of over $30 billion.
Saverin's exit from Facebook in 2005, when Mark Zuckerberg effectively diluted his shares and relieved him of active duty, has been well documented. Nearly two decades on, he is eyeing one of the biggest brands in global football.
Liverpool FC has won six European Cups — more than any other club in the United Kingdom. The club claimed the Premier League title in the 2024-25 season but finished the following campaign fifth, 25 points behind champions Arsenal. A fresh injection of capital could reshape what Fenway Sports Group is able to do in the transfer market and beyond, though the structure of the deal and what control the new investors would wield has not been confirmed.
What makes this deal stand out is the sheer scale of wealth converging on one football club. Bezos alone could buy the entire valuation several hundred times over. That does not mean he will — a 30% stake is a minority position, not a takeover. But the presence of two technology billionaires in a consortium led by a figure with deep roots in English football signals how the ownership landscape of the sport keeps shifting.
Sky News has not named the full composition of the consortium beyond Bezos, Saverin and Bhatia. Fenway Sports Group has not publicly commented on the reported terms. Until an announcement is made, the figures remain reported, not confirmed.
