West Ham ownership analysed!

With the international break meaning slow news day after slow news day (we know that problem!) the Daily Mail has chosen to publish a couple of space filling features: ‘The world’s Top 100 Players‘ and now ‘Who owns your Club?’

Here’s their appraisal of West Ham:

Owners: David Sullivan – 51%; David Gold – 35.1%; CB Holding ehf – 10%; Others – 3.8%

‘Gold fulfilled a lifetime goal by taking charge of the Hammers alongside his business partner Sullivan in 2009.

The former bricklayer’s apprentice, who bought Ann Summers for £10,000 in 1972, arrived back in the East End via a stint at the helm of Birmingham City.

Sullivan, the proprietor of the Sunday Sport and a former producer of adult movies, also invests in property – much of which is found in London.

His personal wealth has risen through the £1b barrier in recent months.

The 10 per cent stake held by CB Holding – a company registered in the Cayman Islands which took on shareholding in the club as a result of the collapse of the Icelandic Straumur Investment Bank.’