Ian Robert Maxwell MC (June 10, 1923 – November 5, 1991) was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and formerly Member of Parliament (MP), who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire.

Badri Patarkatsishvili is a Georgian businessman who started out his political career and made his important future contacts in the communist youth organisation, the Komsomol. He is the chairman of the Georgian Olympic Committee and the sports team Dinamo Tbilisi. He has been closely associated with Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky since the very beginning of the 1990s. In 1992, he became a deputy Director General of LogoVAZ. In 1994, as he had moved to Moscow, …

Pedro Miguel de Santana Lopes, born June 29, 1956, a Portuguese lawyer and politician, was Prime Minister of Portugal from 2004 to 2005. He is currently a Member of the Portuguese Parliament. Santana Lopes is twice divorced, with three children of two ex-wives and two more twin children from a relationship.

Sam Hammam is a Lebanese businessman, most notable for his high profile ownership of British football clubs. He has achieved a level of notoriety in English football for his unusual antics at matches, frequently walking around the pitchside during games, and his eccentric methods of publicising himself and his players. Having trained as civil engineer, Hammam made his fortune as a building contractor in the Middle East.

Jacek Gmoch was a Polish footballer, who later became a trainer and selector of the Polish National Team. While having a successful football career he graduated in communication from the Warsaw University of Technology. Gmoch begun playing for Znicz Pruszków, to move on for a successful career in Legia Warszawa. With Legia, he won the Polish Cup twice (in 1964 and 1966) and contributed to the beginning of the successful 1968-69 season.

Robert ("Bob") Lenarduzzi (born 1 May 1955 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a former North American Soccer League star, Canadian International, and coach of the Canadian national and olympic soccer teams. He is currently President of Soccer Operations for Whitecaps F.C. in Vancouver. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Özhan Canaydın is the current chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray. Born in 1943 in Bursa, Canaydın began to play professional basketball in 1958. In 1957, he became the youngest member of the Galatasaray organization with the registration number 155. Playing with Turkey's national youth team that won the European Youth Championship in 1962, Canaydın was also among the eight players of the Galatasaray basketball team that won the Turkish Championship.

Vladimir Romanov is a controversial ethnic-Russian businessman and banker, who is based in Lithuania and holds Lithuanian citizenship. He is the controlling shareholder of Heart of Midlothian F.C. ("Hearts") in Edinburgh, Scotland, FBK Kaunas in Lithuania and FC MTZ-RIPO in Belarus. At present he is deeply unpopular at Hearts due to fans perception of him interfering in team selection and creating unrest with amongst of their star players.

Jorien van den Herik (born 11 November 1943 in Sliedrecht) is a Dutch business man and currently chairman of Feyenoord Rotterdam. Van den Herik helped Feyenoord to purchase some players in 1984 as chairman of the "Friends of Feyenoord Group". In a few years time he had invested 3 million Dutch guldens in the club. In 1989 be became president of the Stadion Feyenoord NV.

Manuel Ruiz de Lopera is the current owner and former chairman of the Spanish football club Real Betis. He was born in Seville in August 1944. The club's stadium is named after him.

Luís Filipe Vieira, born 22 June 1949, is the chairman of Portuguese sports club Sport Lisboa e Benfica. He was previously chairman of Alverca FC.

Ramzan Akhmadovich Kadyrov (Russian: Рамзан Ахмадович Кадыров is the President of the Russian republic of Chechnya and a former Chechen rebel. Ramzan is the son of former Chechen President Akhmad Kadyrov, who was assassinated in May 2004, and heads a private army known as the "Kadyrovtsy". Kadyrov is widely believed to have amassed a huge fortune from extorting kickbacks and from the illegal sale of Chechen oil.

Jorge Vergara is a Mexican businessman and film producer. He owns three football (soccer) clubs: Chivas de Guadalajara of Mexico, Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica and C.D. Chivas USA of Major League Soccer. He also produces international movies like Y tu mama tambien. He also is an owner of Omnilife. Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Vergara has been the director of Omnilife de Mexico since 1991, a company owned by his brother in-law, Genaro Borrego.

Mauricio Macri (born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine politician. He currently serves as a deputy representing the city of Buenos Aires in the Lower House of Congress, and, since 24 June 2007, is the Head of Government elect of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. He is divorced and has three children. Macri was born in Tandil, in the province of Buenos Aires, and studied at the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), …

Filipe Soares Franco is the chairman of Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of Portugal's biggest comprehensive sports clubs. Soares Franco's rise to the post came after much troubled times for Sporting; he succeeded António Dias da Cunha after the latter resigned in solidarity with manager José Peseiro. After his "Project Finance" was defeated in general assembly, Soares Franco called for elections, saying he would not be a candidate in the presidential run.

Sousa Cintra, full name José Sousa Cintra, is a Portuguese businessman, born in the village of Raposeira, Algarve region. He worked as a snail trader in his village, and with 15 years old he went to Lisbon where he got a job in Hotel Tivoli as an elevator operator. During these times he earned a larger ammount of money selling watercolor paintings in parallel with his job at the hotel. With 16 years old he joined the Portuguese Navy for 4 years.

Jozef Chovanec (born March 7 1960 in Slovakia) is a Czech football player and later a football manager. He played for Czechoslovakia. He was a participant in the 1990 FIFA World Cup. As a football manager he coached the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2001. He is currently chairman of Sparta Praha.

Koos Formsma (born 1957 in Leeuwarden, Friesland) is a Dutch businessman, currently chairman of Dutch football club SC Heerenveen. A former field hockey player from HC Bloemendaal, Formsma became the club's chairman on 1 October 2006 after Riemer van der Velde resigned his 23 year spell at the team. Formsma is also director of the company Regma Nederland, located in Lelystad.

Mohammad Hassan Ansarifar (born 1961 in Tehran, Iran) is a former Iranian football player, having played in Persepolis F.C. and the Iranian national football team. He is currently the chairman of Persepolis F.C..

Corrado Correggi is an Italian businessman, football agent and football club owner. He owns Algarve United, which he founded in 2004. He founded the club in partnership with his Scottish Brother-in-law, John McGovern, who is also a successful football agent. Correggi amassed his fortune making corks for fine wine. Efforts to preserve the lynx's habitat could stand to gain from the football entrepreneur and businessman, who named his team, Algarve United, after the animal, …

Robert Louis-Dreyfus is a French billionaire. Mr. Louis-Dreyfus joined the family company, Louis Dreyfus Group in May 2000. He was chairman of Neuf Telecom until 2004 and serves on the board of directors of Neuf Cegetel. Up to February 2001, he was also the chief executive officer of Adidas-Salomon, the German-based sporting goods maker. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Louis-Dreyfus served as chief executive officer at Saatchi & Saatchi, the UK-based advertising agency.

Joseph "Joey" Saputo (born September 25, 1964) is a Canadian businessman and sports executive. Joey Saputo is the son of the founder and head of Saputo, a dairy products company which also markets a range of other items, such as spaghetti sauce. Saputo's other holdings include the largest dairy company in Argentina, Vachon Inc., the snack company responsible for the Jos. Louis dessert, Petra real estate, and Roma construction.

Riemer van der Velde (born 1940 in the Netherlands) is the former chairman of Dutch football club SC Heerenveen. He was in charge of the club for 23 years before resigning on 1 October 2006. At the time Van der Velde became chairman of SC Heerenveen in 1983 the club had lots of debts and was an anonymous club in the Eerste Divisie. He realized to get rid of the debts before appointing Foppe de Haan as the club's manager, …

Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa, pron., (born Porto, 28 December 1937) is the president of Portuguese sports club F.C. Porto. Pinto da Costa is a polarizing figure of Portuguese football: he's hugely popular among the followers of F.C. Porto, which he led from being a provincial club to one of the top European clubs, and being systematically reelected in landslides. Several allegations of corruption and underhand activities, culminating in the ongoing Apito Dourado investigation, …

Sigurrós Þorgrímsdóttir is an Icelandic politician, a former member of Alþingi and the current chairman of Breiðablik sports club. She became a full member of Alþingi on October 1 2005, having previously served in an interim capacity on occasions since 2003. She did not gain enough support during the primaries before the 2007 elections to obtain a secure seat and withdrew her candidacy.

João Loureiro is the chairman of the Portuguese sports club Boavista FC from Porto. Boavista's football team is one of the most powerful in Portuguese SuperLiga championship, after SL Benfica, FC Porto and Sporting CP. João Loureiro his a lawyer by training, and was the vocalist and leader of the popular pop-rock band BAN during the 1980s and early 1990s. His father Valentim Loureiro, a military Major, is a famous politician, mayor, …

Yochanan Vollach (sometimes spelled Jochanan Wallach or Yohanan Wallach, born 14 May 1945) is a former Israeli footballer. He was a member of the Israeli national team that competed at the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Today, Vollach is president of the Maccabi Haifa sport organization as well as being the president and CEO of Newlog, a subsidiary of Israeli shipping magante Zim.

Mladen Rudonja (born July 26, 1971 in Koper) is a former Slovenian footballer who has represented his country at two major tournaments - (Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup). He most often played as a forward or a winger (usually on the left). Despite this, he did not score a goal for the Slovenian national side until his 53rd cap - in the second leg of a playoff for the 2002 World Cup against Romania in Bucharest that finished 1:1, …

Paulo Jorge Costa Farinha, a.k.a. "Filhó" is the chairman of Sertanense Futebol Clube.

Although recognized as a first-class businessman and tough negotiator, Flemming Østergaard has primarily been in charge of the turn-around and rise of F.C. Copenhagen, to its present status as the leading football team in Denmark and the rest of Scandinavia.

Dr. Argiris Mitsou (born April 7th, 1950) is a well-known Greek surgeon and Panathinaikos fan who worked in different hospitals in Greece, and for many years was the Greece national football team and Panathinaikos FC doctor. He helped many athletes recover from serious injuries and he's considered an ideal professional. The Greek bussinesman Giannis Vardinogiannis (shareholder of Panathinaikos) promoted him as the team president in 2004.

Nurhay Nakis was born in Sivas, Turkey, from his childhood he has been a soccer fan, in 1971 when a Argentine team came to Turkey to play Beşiktaş J.K., Nakis went to Argentina to become one of the finest people in Argentine soccer, he was nicknamed 'EL Turco'. He is also notable to be close friends with Diego Maradona, he first saw Maradona's talent when he got transferd from the youth team, also stars like Saviola and Messi have a strong relationship with Nakis.

António Luís Alves Ribeiro Oliveira is a former footballer and manager, now a businessman and president of SuperLiga club FC Penafiel.

Roberto Arzú Garcia-Granados is the son of former Guatemalan president and current mayor of Guatemala City Álvaro Arzú. He is mostly known for managing the Guatemalan football club Comunicaciones, which is owned by the Garcia-Granados family.

Haim Revivo is a retired Israeli football player. He was especially famous for his free-kick goals and his entertaining celebrations after these goals. He played for Bnei Yehuda, Hapoel Tel Aviv and Maccabi Haifa, before going to Spanish club Celta de Vigo. He also played for Turkish city rivals Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray of Istanbul. He played in Spain a few successful years. His first 2 years with Fenerbahçe were a success, …

Coach Lopez has also been a coach at numerous camps around the country since 1997, including the Gator Soccer Academy at the University of Florida, Central Illinois Soccer Academy at Bradley University, Benedictine University soccer camp, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (a National Christian Sports Ministry), and SportsQuest (a Soccer Sports Ministry based in Houston, Texas).

Robert Springer graduated from the Homer Academy in 1938 and from Cortland in 1943. Excelling in athletics while at Cortland, he was selected as goalkeeper to the All-American Soccer Team. In 1951, he received his master's degree at Cortland State. A long and distinguished coaching career began in Cincinnatus in 1943, when coaching all sports was the norm.