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Louis-Dreyfus, 23, buys Sunderland to become English football’s youngest chairman

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Kyril Louis-Dreyfus has become English football’s youngest chairman after the 23-year-old completed his takeover of League One side Sunderland on Thursday.

The Frenchman, the son of late Marseille owner and billionaire Robert Louis-Dreyfus, sealed the deal after being granted approval from the English Football League.

Louis-Dreyfus originally agreed to purchase a controlling interest in the Black Cats in December.

He watched the team lose 2-1 against Shrewsbury last week in his first public appearance since his takeover at the Stadium of Light was announced on Christmas Eve.

“I am proud to become a custodian of this esteemed institution, but I also recognise the significant responsibility that comes with it,” Louis-Dreyfus said.

“I am confident that together we can weather the present storm and put solid foundations in place to bring sustainable and long-term success to the club.”

Former Sunderland owner Stewart Donald will keep a minority shareholding.

Donald was unable to spark a revival in Sunderland’s fortunes after they were relegated from the Championship in 2018.

The 1973 FA Cup winners were relegated from the Premier League in 2017 after 10 seasons in the top-flight.

“Kyril’s commitment, acumen and integrity convinced us to accept his proposal,” Donald said.

“His vision and desire to bring success back to Sunderland was obvious from the outset and his bid is the one that we feel gives the club the best chance of long-term success and sustainability,”

Sunderland are seventh in the third-tier, a point outside the play-offs, as they chase a return to the Championship.

Louis-Dreyfus will also have a trip to Wembley to look forward to with his new club after Sunderland reached the Football League Trophy final with a penalty shootout victory over Lincoln on Wednesday.

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Meet billionaire Kyril Louis-Dreyfus, the youngest chairman of the English game

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Kyril Louis-Dreyfus watching a game at Sunderland Richard Lee / BPI / Shutterstock

At 23, he’s engaged to be married, the heir to a multibillion pound fortune and is the chairman of a world famous football club, meet Kyril Louis-Dreyfus. Louis-Dreyfus has just been installed as the new chairman of Sunderland football club, known as the ‘Black Cats’, following a successful takeover.

‘Kyril’s commitment, acumen and integrity convinced us to accept his proposal,’ Stewart Donald, the deep-pocketed former chairman, told the BBC. Louis-Dreyfus joins a succession of super-rich Sunderland chairmans, since Donald bought the Black Cats from US tycoon Ellis Short, the owner of Scotland’s most esteemed private members’ club, Skibo Castle.

The Frenchman, who lives in Switzerland, becomes the youngest ever chairman in English football and is the son of the late Olympique de Marseille owner Robert Louis-Dreyfus. Kyril’s father, who sadly died in 2009 aged just 63 from leukemia, was an astute businessman. Robert was the CEO of Adidas and the advertising bigwig Saatchi & Saatchi, rescuing them both; and, under his tenure, Marseille re-emerged as a major European footballing force.

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Kyril Louis-Dreyfus with his mother Margarita, who runs the Louis-Dreyfus Group, which has an estimated worth of £26billion BERTRAND LANGLOIS / AFP via Getty Images

Kyril’s mother is Margarita, a Russian-born Swiss billionaire businesswoman, and now chairperson of the Louis Dreyfus group, an agricultural commodities giant. Margarita, who was orphaned as an 11-year-old and raised by her grandfather in Russia’s Leningrad, met Louis-Dreyfus on a flight from Zurich to Russia in 1988 and they were married in 1992. They had three sons, Eric in 1992 and twins Maurice and Kyril in 1997, before Robert died.

Back to Kyril: he is the heir to the Louis Dreyfus group and, according to the Daily Mail, has a trust fund worth £2 billion. He has a proven interest in football, he studied sport and business management at Leeds Beckett University for a year, before moving to Richmond in West London for his second year (and then calling it a day on the four-year course). On Instagram, he appears to enjoy the company of athletes such as Barcelona’s Ousmane Dembélé, Manchester City’s Benjamin Mendy and Crystal Palace’s Michy Batshuayi. Other starry acquaintances, documented on Instagram, include the boxer Floyd Mayweather (pictured below) and F1 champion Lewis Hamilton, who he has appeared at parties with.

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Pictured with boxer, Floyd Mayweather at a party Instagram: @kyrillouisdreyfus

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He doesn’t just run with the fast-set in the realms of sport, he also spends time with political movers and shakers. In Biarritz, he was photographed with the former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy, the caption read: ‘Mr President #2017’.

With Nicolas Sarkozy Instagram: @kyrillouisdreyfus

Far and above his closest ally is surely his glamorous fiancée Alexandra Nowikovsky. Louis-Dreyfus posted a photograph of the couple in the Swiss mountains on New Year’s Eve with two adorable small dogs. His instagram certainly projets a glamorous, jet-set lifestyle – beaches, holidays, mountains – but there is one recurrent theme, football. Clearly an unwavering passion of his.

Kyril Louis-Dreyfus with his fiance, Alexandra Nowikovsky, in Switzerland Instagram: @kyrillouisdreyfus

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Forbes described Kyril’s father as ‘one of the shrewdest business minds in France' as his empire grew and grew; no doubt, traits that Kryil will have inherited. Kyril, who has been described as ‘wise beyond his years’ said of the Sunderland takeover: ‘I would like to thank Stewart, the Board of Directors and the EFL for their diligence and support throughout the recent process. I am proud to become a custodian of this esteemed institution, but I also recognise the significant responsibility that comes with it.

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‘Today marks the start of an exciting new chapter in Sunderland AFC’s history and although the current landscape facing football dictates that there are challenges to overcome, I am confident that together we can weather the present storm and put solid foundations in place to bring sustainable and long-term success to the club.’ It’s onwards for Sunderland and Kyril’s star-studded nuptials may have to wait.

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