Profil Financier
Michael Ashley occupe actuellement le rang #679 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur luxe, mode & beauté). Fortune nette estimée : $6.1 B (-$432 sur 24h).
Michael Ashley founded the U.K.'s largest sporting goods retailer, Sports Direct.
Ashley started Sports Direct in 1982 at age 18; it now has some 800 stores.
He took the company public in 2007, pocketing $1.8 billion from the IPO. That same year, he bought famed soccer club Newcastle United.
In 2021, Ashley sold Newcastle United to a consortium backed by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund for around $400 million.
He renamed Sports Direct's parent company Frasers Group in 2019, after acquiring department store chain House of Fraser.
Ashley handed the CEO reins of Frasers Group to his son-in-law, Michael Murray, and stepped down from the Frasers board of directors in 2022.
Ashley played squash growing up and reportedly dreamed of going pro, but his career was stopped short after an injury.