Finland’s Thomas Zilliacus bidding for Manchester United is a sport-crazy tech entrepreneur Premium
The Hindu
Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus has entered the race to buy the English football club Manchester United.
Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus, who has entered the race to buy Manchester United, is a former Nokia executive who says he made his fortune in Asia's tech sector.
Little-known in his native Finland before he threw his hat into the ring on Thursday, the 69-year-old Singapore resident is a passionate football fan, former owner of a hockey club, and the founder and chairman of tech investment group Mobile FutureWorks Inc (MFW).
MFW, which is an unlisted company, says it builds businesses in fields ranging from social media to online payment services, eSports, streaming video and real estate.
"Companies controlled by MFW have operations and offices in more than 20 countries in Asia, Africa and Europe, where it owns a controlling stake in more than 150 businesses," it says on its website.
Those businesses have "a combined market value of more than $3 billion," it says, a claim that is difficult to confirm independently.
According to Finnish broadsheet Helsingin Sanomat, Mr. Zilliacus said he built his wealth "through real estate, shares and setting up his own businesses".
But his net worth is not publicly known.
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