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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
And the company at the bash on Tuesday isn't likely to be too shabby either. Previous years' guest lists have included the Hollywood actors Jude Law, Kevin Spacey, Nicolas Cage and Pierce Brosnan, while the art contingent consisted of Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and the Chapman brothers. The plan is that, rather than merely sponsor the party, the financial input will extend to a long-term cooperation...
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Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
from Emirates Business 24/7, Roman Abramovich, the Russian billionaire, has ploughed £578m into Chelsea and seen the Stamford Bridge club rise to the top echelons of the game since bankrolling them five years ago. Skepticism surrounded the 41-year-old’s takeover, but Brady believes significant investment in the Premier League will prove beneficial to the competition. “When Abramovich...
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Luxist (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Filed under: Art , Wealth Profligate Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich is bankrolling a major Francis Bacon exhibition at his gorgeous 27-year-old girlfriend Dasha Zhukova 's new Moscow art gallery in 2010. The show at the luxe gallery, called the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture and also financed by Abramovich, will be entitled Death Shadowing Life: Francis Bacon: The Late...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Dr Sulaiman Al-Fahim, the businessman behind the takeover of Manchester City, says there is no limit to his ambition for the club, adding that he aims to replicate the impact of Roman Abramovich.
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
A new Premier League power struggle gets under way as Abu Dhabi United flex their massive financial muscles.
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Chelsea's complacency has been shattered now that they are no longer the only big spenders in town
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Chelsea's complacency has been shattered now that they are no longer the only big spenders in town
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Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
DR SULAIMAN Al-Fahim, the owner-elect of Manchester City, expects his group's takeover of the club to have the same impact as Roman Abramovich's buy-out of Chelsea fiv
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The First Post (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Given that its former owner, Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand, is under investigation for corruption and serial human rights abuse, it is not surprising that the new…