The London club will pass from the Russian Abramovich to a consortium led by the American Boehly. It is also a new era for the curriculum of key characters
The new Chelsea owner has more faces than the Rubik’s Cube. In the United States Todd Boehly is the man everywhere. Entrepreneur, sportsman, media man, philanthropist, even wrestling athlete. Thirty years ago he won a couple of championships with the Landon School of Maryland, a private school that has been forming the elite for decades: journalists, politicians, lawyers, appellate court judges, state attorneys general, four-star generals. , athletes scattered among tennis, canoeing, football, basketball. His motto is “by virtue, not by force”. Boehly has one. Everything that enters his net becomes gold. A king Midas of finance. He owns 20% of the Los Angeles Dodgers and controls the Los Angeles Sparks, a women’s basketball team. In 2021 he also bought 27% of the Lakers, an institution of the NBA.