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West Ham board wealth hits top four

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West Ham’s owners are ranked fourth in the Premier League in terms of net wealth of their shareholders with an estimated combined wealth of $13.2 billion (£10.5bn) according to 6foot2.co.uk.

That puts them behind Newcastle United $620 billion (£493bn) Manchester City $22 billion  (£17.5bn) and Chelsea $15.8 billion (£12.5bn)

Arsenal owners come a close fifth with $12.9 billion (£10.3bn) followed by Aston Villa $11.9 billion (£9.5bn), Liverpool at $9.8 billion (£7.8bn)

Spurs owners are ranked tenth with $6 billion (£4.8bn) and Manchester United twelfth with $4.8 billion (£3.8 bn)

West Ham’s wealthiest shareholder is Daniel Kretinsky who was named the Czech republic’s second richest person with a net worth of £7.5 billion

David Sullivan’s net wealth is £1.1bn according to the most recent Sunday Times Rich List with reports in the US claiming the reclusive Tripp Smith is worth around $1.25 billion (£1bn)

The Gold Family are said to be worth up to £650m while the Harris family are said to be worth £200m with Terry Brown having a net worth around £50m.

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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