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Darragh MacAnthony (born 24 March, 1976) is a Dublin-born, Marbella-based, property entrepreneur and football club chairman. As a 15-year-old, he moved to Spain with his family.
Chairman of Peterborough United
Since September 2006 he has been the chairman and owner of Peterborough United Football Club. MacAnthony was unperturbed by the controversy surrounding Peterborough and the Sky One documentary, Big Ron Manager, which was being broadcast as MacAnthony was establishing formal links with the club.
When he took over as Chairman at Peterborough, at the age of 30, he had become the youngest chairman in the league. As a sign of his ambition, a printed note from MacAnthony was added to Peterborough United's match programme in August 2007. In it, he promised fans promotion from League Two to the Championship in two seasons, which was duly delivered. He also pledged to challenge for a place in the Premier League within another couple of seasons.MacAnthony maintains his club is financially self-sufficient.
In January 2007, manager Keith Alexander was sacked and replaced by Darren Ferguson, who was at the time untried as a manager. Ferguson initially delivered big returns on MacAnthony's gamble delivering back-to-back promotions in Ferguson’s first two full seasons. Ferguson left Peterborough, by mutual consent, on 9 November 2009 after a disappointing start to the 2009-10 season.
Business Interests
He formed property group, Macanthony Realty International in Marbella in 2000, which sells overseas holiday homes to mainly Irish and British customers. The Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth at £150 million in 2007. Though in 2008, the same publication estimated it at £68 million. He divides his time between his primary base in Marbella, a home in Florida and frequent visits to Peterborough.
References
- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0808/1224252231395.html
- "Fast cars, luxury homes and Tiger Woods for a neighbour, but don't call Darragh a playboy". Financial Times Ltd. 2006. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0808/1224252231395.html
- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0808/1224252231395.html
- "Peterborough United 'dismiss' Darren Ferguson". The Times. 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
- http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/dublin-real-estate-tycoon-to-buy-peterborough-utd-79243.html
- http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0808/1224252231395.html
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