Alexandre "Sacha" Gaydamak (Russian: Александр Гайдамак, Hebrew: אלכסנדר גאידמק, born May 1976 in France) is a French businessman of Russian Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and also holds an Israeli passport. A member of the wealthy Gaydamak family, he is the son of Arcadi Gaydamak.
In January 2006 he announced he was following his father into association football club ownership by becoming co-owner of English Premier League club Portsmouth F.C. with Milan Mandarić.[1]
His father is the owner of Israeli side Beitar Jerusalem. In July 2006 Alexandre Gaydamak became the sole owner of Portsmouth, although Mandaric remained at the club as non-executive chairman until later that year.[2][3] Gaydamak owns a Luxembourg based company, Belvia S.a.r.l. and a British Virgin Islands company, Devondale Investments, which owns Portsmouth F.C.[4]
Gaydamak is, like his father, a patron of several Israeli charities.
On 21 July 2009, Gaydamak agreed to sell Portsmouth F.C. to Sulaiman Al Fahim in principle, and therefore stepped down from the board.[5] He remained the owner of the club until the details of the sale had been finalised on 8 June 2009.[6]
References
- ^ "Portsmouth confirm takeover plans". BBC News. 2006-01-02. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4574618.stm.
- ^ "Gaydamak hails Milan". 4thegame.com. 2006-07-19. http://www.4thegame.com/club/pfc/news/191532/gaydamak_hails_milan.html.
- ^ Mark Buckingham (2006-07-19). "Gaydamak takes Pompey control". Sky Sports. http://home.skysports.com/list.asp?hlid=404321&CPID=8&clid=47&lid=4161&title=Gaydamak+takes+Pompey+control.
- ^ "Portsmouth's chief Alexandre Gaydamak nets fortune in arms sale". London: The Times. 2008-10-19. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4969422.ece.
- ^ "Sulaiman Al Fahim becomes Pompey chairman". Portsmouth F.C. http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/index.php?cms_ref=news&qs_article_id=2620.
- ^ "Sulaiman Al-Fahim denies takeover of Portsmouth in jeopardy". London: The Times. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/portsmouth/article6789405.ece.
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