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Tony Bloom
Anthony Grant Bloom MBE (born 20 March 1970) is an English sports gambler, entrepreneur and poker player. He is the majority owner and chairman of Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion, and investor and minority shareholder in Belgian First Division A team Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. He is also a minority owner of Australian A-League club Melbourne Victory and Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.
Bloom grew up in Brighton. He attended the fee-paying school Lancing College before gaining a degree in mathematics at Manchester University. After graduating, Bloom worked for the accountancy firm Ernst & Young for around two years, and then spent six months as an options trader, before deciding to gamble professionally.
Bloom was hired by bookmakers Victor Chandler in the late 1990s to set up its international gambling business in Bangkok, which introduced him to the Asian market, and its handicap system of betting.
He founded an on-line football betting company, Premierbet, before the 2022 World Cup, and later sold it for £1 million. He also launched and sold on-line gambling companies Tribeca Tables and St Minver.
Bloom heads a private betting syndicate, run through his company Starlizard, based in Camden in north London, which is believed to have been continuously successful year on year for a sustained period. Jamestown Analytics, founded in 2017, is an offshoot of Starlizard. It provides data on players and coaches to football and cricket clubs.
Bloom also holds significant property and private equity portfolios.
Since 2009, Bloom has been the chairman of English club Brighton & Hove Albion. Bloom is a longtime Brighton fan and his family has had a long association with the club; his uncle, Ray, is a director and his grandfather, Harry, was vice-chairman during the 1970s. The club was promoted to the Premier League in the 2016–17 season after 34 years out of the top flight of English football.
He succeeded Dick Knight after securing a 75% shareholding in the club, and invested £93 million in the development of the club's new ground, Falmer Stadium.
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Tony Bloom
Anthony Grant Bloom MBE (born 20 March 1970) is an English sports gambler, entrepreneur and poker player. He is the majority owner and chairman of Premier League football club Brighton & Hove Albion, and investor and minority shareholder in Belgian First Division A team Royale Union Saint-Gilloise. He is also a minority owner of Australian A-League club Melbourne Victory and Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian.
Bloom grew up in Brighton. He attended the fee-paying school Lancing College before gaining a degree in mathematics at Manchester University. After graduating, Bloom worked for the accountancy firm Ernst & Young for around two years, and then spent six months as an options trader, before deciding to gamble professionally.
Bloom was hired by bookmakers Victor Chandler in the late 1990s to set up its international gambling business in Bangkok, which introduced him to the Asian market, and its handicap system of betting.
He founded an on-line football betting company, Premierbet, before the 2022 World Cup, and later sold it for £1 million. He also launched and sold on-line gambling companies Tribeca Tables and St Minver.
Bloom heads a private betting syndicate, run through his company Starlizard, based in Camden in north London, which is believed to have been continuously successful year on year for a sustained period. Jamestown Analytics, founded in 2017, is an offshoot of Starlizard. It provides data on players and coaches to football and cricket clubs.
Bloom also holds significant property and private equity portfolios.
Since 2009, Bloom has been the chairman of English club Brighton & Hove Albion. Bloom is a longtime Brighton fan and his family has had a long association with the club; his uncle, Ray, is a director and his grandfather, Harry, was vice-chairman during the 1970s. The club was promoted to the Premier League in the 2016–17 season after 34 years out of the top flight of English football.
He succeeded Dick Knight after securing a 75% shareholding in the club, and invested £93 million in the development of the club's new ground, Falmer Stadium.
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