Around 4,900 percent
Hollywood star football club with a huge increase in value
09.03.2025 – 9:20 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
As an actor, Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenney are successful. As the owner of a football club, they also increased the value massively.
Around four years ago, the two actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mcelhenney bought the Welsh Club Wrexham AFC. At that time, the Hollywood stars paid around two million pounds (around 2.4 million euros)-and have apparently proven more than good flair.
According to an estimate by the US media company “Bloomberg”, the value of the club is said to have multiplied to around £ 100 million (119 million euros). That would be an increase of 4,900 percent.
The reason for this development is the entry of the Allyn family from New York, which has acquired almost 15 percent of the club shares last year. The Allyn family has made their assets in the field of medical devices. Nothing is known about the exact purchase price of the shares.
But the two actors themselves also had their share of the increase in value. They invested a total of eleven million dollars (around ten million euros) in the team. The aim of the two: lead the club founded in 1864 to the Premier League. They make great progress: they took over the club in the fifth league. In the meantime, they are already playing in the third division and fighting for promotion to the second division, also called Championship.
Mcelhenney had the idea for purchase through the Netflix documentary “Sunderland ‘Til I Die”, which addresses the passion for football. He wanted to shoot a similar documentary through his own club and finally opted for Wrexham AFC. Since he lacked the necessary money, he brought Ryan Reynolds on board. Since then they have been producing the documentary series “Welcome to Wrexham”, which was even awarded an “Emmy”, through their club.
According to “Bloomberg”, WREXHAM has more than doubled its turnover to 20 million pounds (around 24 million euros) in the past financial year. An end to the investments is not yet in sight. Last year, the club commissioned the redesign and enlargement of its currently 13,000 spectators.