Liverpool Secures Major Investment from Jeff Bezos Consortium

Liverpool have taken a significant step into a new financial era, with a powerful consortium featuring Amazon founder Jeff Bezos securing close to 40% of the club from Fenway Sports Group (FSG).

Initial reports suggested 1892 Holdings had acquired roughly a third of the Anfield side. The reality is even more substantial. As first detailed by The Athletic, the stake sits at around 38%, a sizeable slice for a group that now has a clear route to even greater control.

Because built into the deal is a crucial clause: the consortium holds an option to move to a controlling stake within the next 12 months. There is no binding obligation to do so, but the pathway is there, and that alone will sharpen attention across the Premier League and beyond.

FSG confirmed the agreement on Friday, announcing it had entered into a “definitive agreement” for the sale of what it described as a “strategic minority investment” to 1892 Holdings. The language was careful, but the implications are anything but small.

1892 Holdings – named in tribute to Liverpool’s founding year – is fronted by British-Indian businessman Amit Bhatia. Alongside him stand Bezos and billionaire Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, forming a heavyweight coalition of global capital and tech-era wealth around one of football’s most storied clubs.

Bhatia will not be a silent partner. Pending regulatory approval, he is set to become Liverpool’s vice-chairman and take a seat on an expanded board, inserting himself directly into the club’s governance and long-term planning.

His arrival at Anfield follows an 18-year stint in English football with Queens Park Rangers, where he served as a director and co-owner before giving up his stake last month. The son-in-law of Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, Bhatia now moves from Loftus Road to one of the global game’s biggest stages, stepping into a project that could yet reshape Liverpool’s ownership structure entirely within the next year.