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Why would Moshiri care if he sells his shares to MSP or the Qataris?
Just ignore him, Tom.
MrGrumpy
Player Valuation: £50m
If Moshiri sacked Kenwright on Monday or Tuesday everyone single Evertonian bar you will be happy. MSP coming in means Moshiri can finally fix the board that run the club and sort the club out that YOU MR Kenwright have destroyed over the last 20 years
Well said, do one Kenwright and take you're little fluffer Carlin with you. Long live MSP.. In my best ForeverBlue92 voice.
catcherintherye
Player Valuation: £80m
The irony is, we are more likely to get a Qatari type takeover if some Americans sort the club out.
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
What a totally ridiculous post, considering for months I've said many times I want Kenwright to go, and that we need a full clean sweep, you obviously don't read the forum as much as you think
4737carlin
Player Valuation: £90m
If they don't get United they are not going to.look at a club like Everton as an alternative, they want United because its United..
The difference is, you just want him to go..... To sneak out the back door and hope nobody notices.
I want the dam to burst and all those silenced over the years to spill their guts over his 2 decades long 'leadership.' He deserves to have his 'biggest Evertonian' mask ripping off and to be completey humiliated.
The worst person in the history of the club. Undeniable.
Hopefully MSP get some massive pricks involved in the day to day running of the club and the clean out all the crap that's been embedded culture thanks to your hero's 'plucky little Everton' narrative. Just rip the plaster off and start new.
MrGrumpy
Player Valuation: £50m
I don’t read the forum that often and I never seen you say a bad word about Kenwright, I’ve only ever seen you defend him to the hilt and blame everything on Moshiri,
Everton recruitment was bad before Moshiri turned up, towards the end of Moyes time(Kenwright didn’t back him) and bar the Lukaku/Barry/McCarthy of Martinez 1st season his other 2 years were terrible.
Then Moshiri turned up and the recruitment been horrendous, over paying for awful players with zero plan.
How is it Everton have been in the Every season in the PL season yet are so far behind on Every single metric compared to the other 5 who been in every season… The only constant is Kenwright. His complete Miss management of the club. Dodgy loans and lies
Hopefully MSP come in and get rid of him and put an actual plan in place and send us in the right direction. From the sounds of it that’s what they do so fingers crossed
Dublin blue 75
Player Valuation: £50m
Looking at the media treatment of a certain ITV figure at present, a corresponding backlash against this decades in situ charlatan and pathalogical liar is long overdue.
twoblue
Player Valuation: £35m
Breaking news from Main Road
Eggsyblueskin
Player Valuation: £40m
Agreed.
During his tenure he has deliberately depressed and reduced the expectations of this club to match his inability to adequately fund or lead us.
‘Plucky little Everton’ never existed until he arrived.
It’s a disgrace of epic proportions.
Outside of the supporters only one person has spoken up for the true Everton , our greatest living player Neville Southall. It speaks volumes when a player of his stature has been persona non grata at the club throughout Kenwright’s tenure.
MSP management team:
1) Jahm Najafi, Partner Cahirman: Najafi is a seasoned investor who plays a critical role in developing founders and management. Over the course of his 30+ year career, he has acquired over 30 businesses, many in sectors that are underserved or undergoing rapid transformation. He is CEO and owner of Najafi Companies, an international private investment firm with holdings in sports, media, technology, consumer, and real estate sectors across several countries. With internally generated capital, the firm makes highly selective investments in companies with strong management teams. Additionally, Najafi serves as Vice Chairman for the Phoenix Suns, Vice Chairman of McLaren Racing, and Governor on the board of the National Basketball Association.
Najafi’s personal story has inspired him to be active in the community: at age 12, he immigrated to the U.S. from Iran without speaking a word of English and learned by watching a lot of TV – including the NBA finals (especially the Suns against the Celtics in 1976). Today, he is a Director on the Smithsonian Institution National Board and has served on several philanthropic boards and civic organizations, including the University of California – Berkeley Foundation Board, Phoenix Symphony, Phoenix Metropolitan Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Phoenix Country Day School, and Arizona State University’s Committee for Design Excellence.
He is founder of Social Venture Partners Arizona (a pooled, philanthropic fund). Najafi has also formed Mission Advancement (a SPAC committed to acquiring a company that shares his commitment to diversity and equity) and, separately, together with his wife, Cheryl, has committed $10 million to the NBA Foundation to further the Foundation’s mission to drive economic empowerment for Black communities through employment and career advancement.
Najafi received a BA from University of California, Berkeley, and a Masters in Business Economics from Harvard University. He is active with the Chief Executive and Young Presidents’ Organizations Gold.
Moorad began his 35+ year career by specializing in athlete representation. He negotiated over $3 billion in contracts as founder of Moorad Sports Management and long-time partner in powerhouse agency, Steinberg & Moorad, which stood for 15 years as the country’s largest NFL and second largest MLB client practice. Moorad guided the firm into TV and radio talent representation as well as a variety of sports technology ventures, publishing projects, and community charitable initiatives.
Moorad has since created value as both investor and operator throughout the sports ecosystem, including as General Partner/CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks (2004-08), Vice Chairman/Managing General Partner/CEO of the San Diego Padres (2009-12), Chairman of PrimeSport, board director of Citizens Sports Network (which succeeded ProTrade, a social media company that Moorad co-founded), and public board director of Oakley, Inc.
A proud native of California’s Central Valley, Moorad has a passion for sports that began as a child cheering for his favorite player, Willie Mays, who practiced in Modesto during the 1962 World Series. Today, he serves as board director of McLaren Racing, Chairman of Morgan Lewis’ Global Sports Industry Practice, principal of Morgan Lewis Consulting, and as an Adjunct Professor of UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where he teaches an annual “Business of Sports” class.
Personally, Moorad actively raises funds to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, through Augie’s Quest, for which he has spearheaded a partnership with the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He has also assisted in fast-track research funding at Translational Genomics Research, for which he has served on the board.
Moorad received a BA from UCLA, where he serves on the board of UCLA Anderson’s Center for Management of Enterprise in Media, Entertainment & Sports (MEMES). He also has a JD from Villanova University School of Law, where he founded and serves as Chairman of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center of the Study of Sports Law. He is active with the Young Presidents’ Organization Gold.
3) Sharon Hwang, COO, Partner. Ms. Hwang is a Partner, Chief Operating Officer at MSP Sports Capital, where she oversees the firm’s operations as well as capital raising and investor relations functions.
Before joining MSP, Hwang was Chief Operating Officer at the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, which was named the world’s top economic development organization by the International Economic Development Council. Prior to GPEC, she held various roles at Turner Impact Capital, Watershed Asset Management, ESL Investments/Sears Holdings, and Lehman Brothers.
Hwang actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in her capacities as a board director of Arizona state-backed Invest Southwest, selection committee of Rizing-Tide Foundation, coach for 50/50 Women on Boards, and volunteer for various AAPI advocacy initiatives. She also serves on the advisory board for Grand Canyon University’s Colangelo College of Business and has served as a repeated judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Mountain Region.
Hwang received a BA from Yale University and attended the MBA/MA dual degree program with The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. She is a founding member of Integro Bank (proposed), a regional community bank with a mission to help small businesses.
4) Peter Taylor, Vice President. Mr. Taylor is a Vice President at MSP Sports Capital, where he is responsible for evaluating new investment opportunities, executing transactions, and supporting portfolio companies.
Before joining MSP, Pete was an Associate at Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm in San Francisco, where he focused on leveraged buyout transactions within the consumer industry. Prior to joining Swander Pace, he worked as an investment banking analyst in the Consumer, Food, and Retail Group at Houlihan Lokey.
Pete received a B.S. in Commerce with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.
5) Arne Rees, Chairman, Advisory Board. Mr. Rees is Chairman of MSP Sports Capital’s Advisory Board. He currently serves as Sportradar CEO for North America and as Chairman for Bundesliga Americas.
Rees is widely known for his work as a senior executive at sports broadcasting network ESPN, a subsidiary of the Disney Corporation, where he held various positions including Chief of Staff to ESPN President George Bodenheimer, GM of International Digital Media, and Vice President of International Development. Prior to joining ESPN in 2006, he spent six years as the Head of Strategic Business Development at UEFA, helping grow the EURO and Champions League brands’ global image. Prior to UEFA, he worked for UBS Capital’s technology venture fund.
Mr. Rees has previously served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, where he taught media strategy. He has also served as COO at RSE Ventures and as a partner of Vayner/RSE.
1) Jahm Najafi, Partner Cahirman: Najafi is a seasoned investor who plays a critical role in developing founders and management. Over the course of his 30+ year career, he has acquired over 30 businesses, many in sectors that are underserved or undergoing rapid transformation. He is CEO and owner of Najafi Companies, an international private investment firm with holdings in sports, media, technology, consumer, and real estate sectors across several countries. With internally generated capital, the firm makes highly selective investments in companies with strong management teams. Additionally, Najafi serves as Vice Chairman for the Phoenix Suns, Vice Chairman of McLaren Racing, and Governor on the board of the National Basketball Association.
Najafi’s personal story has inspired him to be active in the community: at age 12, he immigrated to the U.S. from Iran without speaking a word of English and learned by watching a lot of TV – including the NBA finals (especially the Suns against the Celtics in 1976). Today, he is a Director on the Smithsonian Institution National Board and has served on several philanthropic boards and civic organizations, including the University of California – Berkeley Foundation Board, Phoenix Symphony, Phoenix Metropolitan Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, Chair of the Board of Trustees of Phoenix Country Day School, and Arizona State University’s Committee for Design Excellence.
He is founder of Social Venture Partners Arizona (a pooled, philanthropic fund). Najafi has also formed Mission Advancement (a SPAC committed to acquiring a company that shares his commitment to diversity and equity) and, separately, together with his wife, Cheryl, has committed $10 million to the NBA Foundation to further the Foundation’s mission to drive economic empowerment for Black communities through employment and career advancement.
Najafi received a BA from University of California, Berkeley, and a Masters in Business Economics from Harvard University. He is active with the Chief Executive and Young Presidents’ Organizations Gold.
2) Jeff Moorad, Partner, CEO. Mr. Moorad is one of the most recognizable names in professional sports and has been named to the annual list of the 100 Most Powerful People in Sports by Sporting News on eight separate occasions.Moorad began his 35+ year career by specializing in athlete representation. He negotiated over $3 billion in contracts as founder of Moorad Sports Management and long-time partner in powerhouse agency, Steinberg & Moorad, which stood for 15 years as the country’s largest NFL and second largest MLB client practice. Moorad guided the firm into TV and radio talent representation as well as a variety of sports technology ventures, publishing projects, and community charitable initiatives.
Moorad has since created value as both investor and operator throughout the sports ecosystem, including as General Partner/CEO of the Arizona Diamondbacks (2004-08), Vice Chairman/Managing General Partner/CEO of the San Diego Padres (2009-12), Chairman of PrimeSport, board director of Citizens Sports Network (which succeeded ProTrade, a social media company that Moorad co-founded), and public board director of Oakley, Inc.
A proud native of California’s Central Valley, Moorad has a passion for sports that began as a child cheering for his favorite player, Willie Mays, who practiced in Modesto during the 1962 World Series. Today, he serves as board director of McLaren Racing, Chairman of Morgan Lewis’ Global Sports Industry Practice, principal of Morgan Lewis Consulting, and as an Adjunct Professor of UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, where he teaches an annual “Business of Sports” class.
Personally, Moorad actively raises funds to find a cure for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, through Augie’s Quest, for which he has spearheaded a partnership with the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He has also assisted in fast-track research funding at Translational Genomics Research, for which he has served on the board.
Moorad received a BA from UCLA, where he serves on the board of UCLA Anderson’s Center for Management of Enterprise in Media, Entertainment & Sports (MEMES). He also has a JD from Villanova University School of Law, where he founded and serves as Chairman of the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center of the Study of Sports Law. He is active with the Young Presidents’ Organization Gold.
3) Sharon Hwang, COO, Partner. Ms. Hwang is a Partner, Chief Operating Officer at MSP Sports Capital, where she oversees the firm’s operations as well as capital raising and investor relations functions.
Before joining MSP, Hwang was Chief Operating Officer at the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, which was named the world’s top economic development organization by the International Economic Development Council. Prior to GPEC, she held various roles at Turner Impact Capital, Watershed Asset Management, ESL Investments/Sears Holdings, and Lehman Brothers.
Hwang actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in her capacities as a board director of Arizona state-backed Invest Southwest, selection committee of Rizing-Tide Foundation, coach for 50/50 Women on Boards, and volunteer for various AAPI advocacy initiatives. She also serves on the advisory board for Grand Canyon University’s Colangelo College of Business and has served as a repeated judge for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Mountain Region.
Hwang received a BA from Yale University and attended the MBA/MA dual degree program with The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. She is a founding member of Integro Bank (proposed), a regional community bank with a mission to help small businesses.
4) Peter Taylor, Vice President. Mr. Taylor is a Vice President at MSP Sports Capital, where he is responsible for evaluating new investment opportunities, executing transactions, and supporting portfolio companies.
Before joining MSP, Pete was an Associate at Swander Pace Capital, a private equity firm in San Francisco, where he focused on leveraged buyout transactions within the consumer industry. Prior to joining Swander Pace, he worked as an investment banking analyst in the Consumer, Food, and Retail Group at Houlihan Lokey.
Pete received a B.S. in Commerce with concentrations in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Virginia’s McIntire School of Commerce.
5) Arne Rees, Chairman, Advisory Board. Mr. Rees is Chairman of MSP Sports Capital’s Advisory Board. He currently serves as Sportradar CEO for North America and as Chairman for Bundesliga Americas.
Rees is widely known for his work as a senior executive at sports broadcasting network ESPN, a subsidiary of the Disney Corporation, where he held various positions including Chief of Staff to ESPN President George Bodenheimer, GM of International Digital Media, and Vice President of International Development. Prior to joining ESPN in 2006, he spent six years as the Head of Strategic Business Development at UEFA, helping grow the EURO and Champions League brands’ global image. Prior to UEFA, he worked for UBS Capital’s technology venture fund.
Mr. Rees has previously served as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, where he taught media strategy. He has also served as COO at RSE Ventures and as a partner of Vayner/RSE.
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Billy Dean
Player Valuation: £70m
Thanks for posting that. Nice to read something about MSP in this thread.
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