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American Businessman Seeks Backers for London’s Charlton Athletic Football Club
- Marc Spiegel seeking financial support for Charlton Athletic
- Rubicon Global counts DiCaprio and Benioff as investors
A Charlton Athletic match at The Valley stadium in London.
Photographer: Alex Pantling/Getty ImagesAmerican businessman Marc Spiegel is seeking financial backers for his planned takeover of Charlton Athletic in what would make him the latest US investor to buy an historic British football club.
Spiegel is the co-founder of Rubicon Global, a waste disposal company that counts Leonardo DiCaprio and Salesforce.com Chief Executive Officer Marc Benioff as investors. His bidding company — Football Strategies Group — has been in discussions with Charlton since early February, according to an investor document. Charlton is owned by Thomas Sandgaard, a Danish entrepreneur.