Kyril Louis-Dreyfus (born 18 December 1997) is a French businessman. He is a member of the French Louis-Dreyfus family. Since February 2021, Louis-Dreyfus has been the Chairman of English

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football club,

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. In June 2022, he went from Chairman and minority stakeholder, to Chairman and majority stakeholder.

Early life

Louis-Dreyfus was born in

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, Switzerland. He is the son of

Robert Louis-Dreyfus Robert Louis-Dreyfus ( – ) was a French businessman who was chief executive officer (CEO) of Adidas (then, "Adidas Salomon") and Saatchi & Saatchi. He was a majority shareholder of the French football team Olympique de Marseille, and durin ...

and

Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Margarita Louis-Dreyfus (née Bogdanova; born 1 July 1962) is a Russian-born Swiss billionaire businesswoman, chairperson of the Louis-Dreyfus Group. Early life Born Margarita Olegovna Bogdanova (russian: Маргарита Олеговна Бо ...

. In 2017, Louis-Dreyfus started studying sports and business management at the

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for one year and moved to attend

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(RIASA) for his second year. He later dropped out due to injuries.

Career

In 2021, he acquired a "controlling" stake in the English League One football club, Sunderland A.F.C, from its previous owner,

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. The acquisition made him the youngest chairman in

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. On 15 February 2022, it was revealed that Louis-Dreyfus was not a majority shareholder of Sunderland as his stake in the club was only 41%, with the remaining 59% of shares made up of former owner Donald, and directors Charlie Methven and

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. In June 2022, Louis-Dreyfus increased his shares in Sunderland Association Football Club from 41% to 51% - thus becoming majority & controlling shareholder - buying out Charlie Methvens 5%, and reducing Stewart Donalds' percentage from 34% to 19%. Juan Sartori picked up the remainder of Stewarts shares, increasing his holdings from 20% to 30% Louis-Dreyfus is also a 5% stakeholder in the French football club,

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, and has stakes in

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' organization Ovation.

Personal life

On December 21, 2021 in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Louis-Dreyfus married his longtime girlfriend Alexandra Nowikovsky, the daughter of former Australian model Tonya Bird.

References

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