by Mark Bassey

Three of Arsenal’s shareholders, have been included in Forbes’ latest list of billionaires.

In 71st position is Alisher Usmanov, who owns 15% of the North London club. He is the richest Premier League owner, with a net worth of £9.4billion.

The other wealthy figures linked to the Gunners are Stan Kroenke (£4.1billion) and Farhad Moshiri (£1.4billion).

Forbes does not value families or royal fortunes, unless we can clearly see who owns the fortunes.

71 Alisher Usmanov – Arsenal (15 per cent) £9.4billion
82 Lakshmi Mittal – QPR (33 per cent) £8.8billion
137 Roman Abramovich – Chelsea £5.9billion
225 Stan Kroenke – Arsenal £4.1billion
277 Joe Lewis – Tottenham £3.5billion
318 Mike Ashley – Newcastle United £3.2billion
714 Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha -Leicester City £1.8billion
737 Denise Coates – Stoke City £1.6billion
894 Farhad Moshiri – Arsenal (15 per cent) £1.4billion
1190 John Henry – Liverpool £1billion

*All owners are majority shareholders unless otherwise stated. Leicester City and Stoke City are owned by the families of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and Denise Coates respectively.

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Ifreke Inyang is a public commentator and social media critic who has worked with a number of high profile publications across the country.