Wealthy Texan Buys Stake in Sunderland

Filed under: Billionaires, Sunderland, Texas

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Texas businessman Ellis Short bought a significant stake in Sunderland, the English Premier League told The Associated Press on Friday. Short is co-founder of Dallas-based private equity group Lone Star Funds. In August, he acquired more than 30 percent of the consortium that owns the club in northeast England.

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Posted on Sep 26th, 2008 by  FC Uptown 

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