Amazon stock is trading close to record levels as founder Jeff Bezos closes in on a roughly one-third stake in Liverpool Football Club.
Sky News reports that Fenway Sports Group could announce the transaction this week. One insider said the stake may now exceed 30%, valuing the club at $6 billion.
Bezos Joins a Consortium Chasing More Than 30% of Liverpool
Amit Bhatia leads the syndicate. He is the son-in-law of steel billionaire Lakshmi Mittal and held a stake in Championship side Queens Park Rangers until recently.
Eduardo Saverin sits alongside Bezos in the group. The 44-year-old Facebook co-founder backed a failed bid for Chelsea during the 2022 auction. Forbes puts the Bezos fortune above $280 billion, while Saverin is worth more than $32 billion.
FSG confirmed the approach last month.
“An investment consortium led, managed, and represented by Amit Bhatia has expressed interest in making a strategic minority investment in Liverpool Football Club.”
FSG spokesperson, via Sky
FSG bought Liverpool for 300 million pounds in 2010. Dynasty Equity then took a small position in 2023 at a valuation above $4.5 billion. A $6 billion figure would therefore cap 16 profitable years at Anfield.
Bezos has never been linked to a football deal before. His interest signals how far wealthy investors now treat sport as an asset class. Liverpool meanwhile enters a season of transition after the sacking of Arne Slot and the departure of Mo Salah. The club won the Premier League in 2024-25, then finished fifth.
Amazon Stock Holds Near Records After the $3 Trillion Close
Amazon closed at $274.48 on Friday, up 0.82% on the day. Shares have gained 24.2% over the past year and 18.65% since January.
The company topped $3 trillion for the first time on August 3, although that record lasted one day. Amazon is worth roughly $2.96 trillion now, with a 52-week high of $287.20.
Cloud growth at Amazon Web Services drove the run. Analysts responded by lifting Amazon price targets, and the most bullish reached $400.
Bezos also completed a scheduled $4 billion sale of Amazon shares this month. He filed that plan eight months earlier, so the timing was mechanical rather than opportunistic. Crypto traders can follow the same names onchain, because brokers have started listing tokenized US stocks.
FSG and the consortium both declined to comment on timing. Football’s finances face wider scrutiny after FIFA moved to sell a World Cup stake. The coming days should show whether Liverpool’s new backers stay passive or eventually push for outright control.
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