Tony Bloom is the owner of Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion, find out what is his current net worth, brief bio, salary, stake in club, current, value of club, and more
When Tony Bloom initially took over Brighton back in 2009, the Seagulls were a lower-league team on a downward spiral.
Who is Brighton owner Tony Bloom: Net worth in 2023, company, age, family, wife, brother
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Massive respect and congratulations to Brighton & their rise, the growth this club has done under the ownership of Tony Bloom 👏🏼
— Banks (@KobiiBanks) April 23, 2023
In just two years of taking over the club, Bloom financed the setting up of the club’s new modern Amex Stadium, a big upgrade from their Withdean Stadium.
Tony Bloom brief bio
Tony Bloom is the owner of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion, who was born on 20 March 1970. Bloom was born in England, UK to a family of Brighton fans including a director and a former vice-chairman of the club.
Prior to becoming Brighton owner, Bloom was a professional poker player. In fact, his skills from that profession are believed to have served him well in football. Bloom is also the man behind the betting consultancy StarLizard.
Although Bloom is not as outspoken as other club chairmen, he does give occasional interviews to Brighton’s media department. He is also a popular figure among fans when and often spotted around them at games. Another area where Bloom is well known is horseracing. Among the horses in his stable, Energumene won the 2022 Champion Chase.
Under Bloom’s ownership, Brighton have become a force to be reckoned with as they first became a Championship team to eventually win a promotion to the Premier League.
Age and wife
Toney Bloom is currently 53 years old and is married to his wife Linda Bloom.
Tony Bloom net worth
According to various sources, Tony Bloom has an estimated net worth of around £1.3 billion ($1.6bn). Back in 2022, when his net worth was around £765 million ($952m), Bloom was the Premier League’s 15th richest owner.
He quickly developed a love for Brighton from an early age, attending matches at the Goldstone Ground with his grandfather Harry, father Ronnie and brother Darren.
Tony Bloom salary and earnings
Bloom’s main source of income is his betting consultancy named “StarLizard” which is a tribute to his poker nickname of ‘The Lizard’. The company is a hugely successful operation, which uses an army of analysts to gather data from thousands of matches in leagues across the world. StarLizard then sells the data to gamblers, while also informing the workings of Bloom’s own gambling syndicate.
Experts believe that Bloom uses this type of data gathering to inform Brighton’s consistently productive transfer policy. Over the years, the club has successfully discovered a series of relatively unknown players and then turned them into Premier League regulars. Some of these players have even moved on to other clubs for large fees bringing profits.
Aside from that, Bloom reportedly has private equity and other financial interests, with property investments estimated to be worth millions.
Tony Bloom stake in club
Tony Bloom currently has a 75 percent stake in Brighton since he took over from former chairman Dick Knight. When asked about the possibility of foreign investors taking over the club in future, Bloom revealed back 2016:
“They, for sure, are interested in Brighton through third parties and different middle people. They’ve expressed an interest in taking over and I’ve rejected it because I’ve no interest in doing so. Who knows in the future? It’s a long future but, right now, I have no intention of doing that.”
Brighton club value
After earning Premier League promotion, back in 2019, the club value rose to £224m ($279m). However, in the four seasons leading upto the 2021/22club season, the club recorded losses of £270m ($336m). As a result, the club remained highly reliant on Bloom, to whom they were £499m ($621m) in debt.
Brighton also ended up paying paid £3m ($3.7m) to StarLizard in consultancy fees in 2021/22. However, this amount was a good value considering how the firm’s analytics help them to sign players who later became huge sell-on value for modest sums like midfielders Moises Caicedo and Kaoru Mitoma.
In the recent seasons, Brighton have mostly depended upon the sale of lucrative players to turn a profit each year. Some of these sales are:
- Ben White’s departure to Arsenal for £50m ($62m)
- Marc Cucurella’s move to Chelsea for £62m ($77m)
- Former manager Graham Potter’s switch to Chelsea for £21m ($26m)
These are some of the deals that have helped Albion to register a profit in their recently published accounts.