Ownership of Arsenal F.C. & W.F.C.

The club attracted outside interest as two rival tycoons, Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov, acquired significant share holdings in 2007.

[3] Arsenal Holdings plc, operates as a non-quoted public limited company, whose ownership is considerably different from that of other football clubs.

[5] Arsenal Holdings plc wholly owns twelve subsidiary companies, covering the group's activities.

[6] In April 2009, business magazine Forbes ranked Arsenal as third most valuable football team in the world, after Manchester United and Real Madrid, valuing the club at $1.2bn (£605m), excluding debt.

[9] By the time of World War II the majority of Arsenal shares were held by Samuel Hill-Wood and Sir Bracewell Smith, the MP for Holborn and a future Lord Mayor of London.

In those days the shares were not considered to be valuable and had never paid a dividend, and were seen largely as a charitable exercise to provide recreational entertainment for the working people of North London.

[18] A rival bid for the club came from Red & White Holdings, which was co-owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov and London-based financier Farhad Moshiri.

[3] In March 2023, Stan and Josh Kroenke were appointed co-chairmen in a board restructuring, with Director Tim Lewis becoming executive vice chairman[21]