Premier League owners: All you need to know about them

Aston Villa – Randy Lerner

The club which is sure to be relegated this season, Aston Villa also has an American owner – Mr. Randy Lerner. Villa fans however, have not been pleased with their principal owner and they have been asking him to give up ownership of the club.

The BBC reported on 5 September 2006 that Lerner had now moved closer to taking full control of the club, after increasing his share to 85.5%. On Spetember 19th 2006, Lerner became the main owner of Aston Villa.

It has not been smooth sailing for the American and he even put up the club for sale in 2014 for an estimated value of £200 million.

His personal fortune has been estimated at over US$ 1.1 billion.

Chelsea – Roman Abramovich

Enigmatic Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is probably the most famous club owner in the Premier League. The Russian tycoon is the 12th richest person in Russia and the 137th richest person in the world.

Abramovich took over at Chelsea in 2003 and ever since then, thanks to his huge investments, Chelsea has become one of the premier clubs in Europe. The Russian has sacked plenty of managers but it can be defended by the fact that Chelsea have always managed to win trophies ever since he took over.

The Russian is the primary owner of the private investment company Millhouse LLC.

Abramovich's net worth in 2015 was USD 7.8 billion.