John Fitzgerald Coates (born January 1970), is an English billionaire businessman and the joint chief executive (CEO) of online gambling company bet365 and chairman of Stoke City.
In 2001, after selling some of their father's betting shops to large bookmaker Coral, his sister convinced him to join her in launching bet365.
John and his sister Denise Coates[3] are co-CEOs of UK-based bet365, an online gambling company, of which he owns a quarter.
[4] John helped Denise set up the Bet365 Foundation in August 2012 and it has donated £100 million[5] to 20 UK charities to help support projects at home and abroad.
In July 2015, Coates was appointed as vice-chairman at Stoke City, where his father is chairman.