THE WORLD'S FIRST TRULY GLOBAL FOOTBALL ORGANISATION

ABOUT CITY FOOTBALL GROUP

City Football Group is the world's leading private owner and operator of football clubs – with 13 football clubs across five continents within the CFG family.

Established in May 2013, the CFG approach ensures that every club remains authentic to its fans and community, plays entertaining football and benefits from being part of a global organisation that applies the world's best expertise on and off the pitch.

CFG pioneers and delivers a consistent underlying approach to talent development, fan experiences, sports entertainment, commercial opportunities and community impact.

Over 4,000 athletes are part of the Group and more than one billion followers worldwide support and connect with their CFG clubs.

Recent Accolades

2024 & 2023

BRAND FINANCE MOST VALUABLE FOOTBALL CLUB BRAND

Manchester City FC

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2023

WORLD FOOTBALL SUMMIT BEST INTERNATIONALIZATION STRATEGY

City Football Group

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2023 & 2022

BALLON D’OR CLUB OF THE YEAR

Manchester City FC

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2021-2018

ESPN SPORTS HUMANITARIAN TEAM OF THE YEAR AWARD FINALIST

New York City FC

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2022 & 2021

DELOITTE FOOTBALL MONEY LEAGUE TOP POSITION

Manchester City FC

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2021

SPORTS INNOVATION LAB MOST INNOVATIVE SPORTS TEAM

Manchester City FC

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2008

Founding Dates
Manchester City acquisition

2011

Major Partnerships

Manchester City signs Etihad partnership

Trophies

Manchester City win FA Cup, first trophy after acquisition

2012

Trophies

Manchester City win EPL after 44 years

2013

Founding Dates

CFG established

Expansion

NYCFC announced

2014

Expansion

Launch of Manchester City Women’s ; Melbourne and YfM join CFG family

Key Infrastructure Developments

CFA Manchester opens

Major Partnerships

Nissan signs first CFG Global partnership

Community

Cityzens Giving launched as CFG annual campaign to support youth-led community football projects worldwide
CITC Foundation expands to NY and Melbourne

2015

Key Infrastructure Developments

CFA Melbourne opens

Community

CITC Manchester host inaugural global Young Leaders Summit

CITY FOOTBALL GROUP OWNERSHIP

CFG is majority owned by Newton Investment and Development LLC, fully owned
by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, with a significant minority shareholding held by US-based global technology investment firm, Silver Lake (18.16%).

NEWTON INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT LLC

Newton Investment and Development LLC is a company registered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and fully owned by His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

“CFG exemplifies our vision for football's global impact, uniting cultures and communities through the beautiful game."

HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MANSOUR BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, MAJORITY OWNER OF CITY FOOTBALL GROUP THROUGH NEWTON INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT LLC.

SILVER LAKE

Silver Lake, the global leader in technology investing, has been actively investing in City Football Group since 2019, progressively increasing their stake to nearly 19% and contributing to CFG's valuation.

BOARD MEMBERS

KHALDOON AL MUBARAK

CHAIRMAN

Khaldoon Al Mubarak is the Founding Chairman of CFG.

Mr. Al Mubarak is the Managing Director and Group CEO of Mubadala Investment Company. He also serves as the Chairman of the Boards of Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Emirates Global Aluminium and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation. He is a member of the Boards of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and the AI company G42. He is also Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, and a member of the New York University Board of Trustees.

MARTY EDELMAN

MEMBER OF THE BOARD

Martin Edelman was appointed to the Board of CFG upon its formation in 2013. He is also Vice Chairman of New York City FC.

Since June 2000, he has been Of Counsel to Paul Hastings LLP, a New York City law firm. Mr. Edelman also currently serves as Chairman of Manchester Life Development Company and as Director of Equity Commonwealth, BXMT and Aldar. Mr. Edelman works on behalf of several philanthropic initiatives and is on the boards of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, Fisher Alzheimer Center and Tribeca Film Institute.

SIMON PEARCE

MEMBER OF THE BOARD

Simon Pearce was appointed to the Board of CFG upon its formation in 2013. He is also Vice Chairman of Melbourne City FC.

Mr. Pearce is a Special Advisor to the Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority in the UAE. He is also a Board Member of Ethara, which is the recent integration of two pioneering industry leaders in Abu Dhabi - Flash Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM). Mr. Pearce is also a Board Member of the Manchester Life Development Company. He is a founding Board Member of the Australian Professional Leagues (APL).

JOHN MACBEATH

MEMBER OF THE BOARD

John MacBeath was appointed to the Board of CFG upon its formation in 2013. He is also Chairman of ESTAC Troyes.

Mr. MacBeath also served as Interim Chief Executive Officer of Manchester City FC from September 2011 to September 2012. He is a Chartered Accountant with extensive international business experience in the oil and gas, and aerospace industrial sectors.

ALBERTO GALASSI

MEMBER OF THE BOARD

Alberto Galassi was appointed to the Board of CFG upon its formation in 2013.

Mr. Galassi is the CEO of Ferretti Group, a multinational shipbuilding company and leader in luxury yachts. He is an attorney at law specialised in international commerce and arbitration.

ABDULLA KHOURI

MEMBER OF THE BOARD

Abdulla Khouri was appointed to the Board in July 2018.

Mr. Khouri is the Chairman of Ethara, which is the recent integration of two pioneering industry leaders in Abu Dhabi - Flash Entertainment and Abu Dhabi Motorsports Management (ADMM). Since 2008, Mr. Khouri has been the Executive Director of Government Affairs at the Executive Affairs Authority in the UAE.

EGON DURBAN

MEMBER OF THE BOARD

Egon Durban was appointed to the Board in December 2019.

Mr. Durban is a founding principal and Co-CEO of Silver Lake. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Endeavor Group Holdings. He also serves on the board of directors of Dell Technologies, Learfield, Motorola Solutions, Qualtrics, Twitter, Unity Technologies, VMware, Verily and Waymo.