Amit Bhatia Joins Liverpool's Board as New Vice-Chairman
A new power figure will be in the directors’ box when Liverpool walk out at Anfield for their first home game of the Premier League season on Saturday.
Amit Bhatia, the club’s incoming vice-chairman, is set to attend as Andoni Iraola’s side face Nottingham Forest, marking the start of a new era in the boardroom as well as on the pitch.
Bhatia steps into the spotlight
Bhatia arrives at Liverpool with nearly two decades of experience in English football. He stepped down last month as co-owner and director at QPR after 18 years at Loftus Road, and now fronts 1892 Holdings – the consortium that has bought around 38 per cent of Liverpool from Fenway Sports Group (FSG) in a deal worth just over £2bn.
At 46, the British-Indian businessman, based in London, is expected to be the most visible face of the new investors. While others in the group are spread across the globe, Bhatia is likely to be a regular presence at Anfield, plugged directly into the day-to-day rhythm of the club.
The money behind 1892 Holdings is heavyweight. The consortium includes Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, both billionaires with vast tech and investment portfolios. Bezos is based in the United States, Saverin in Singapore, underlining the global reach now tied to Liverpool’s ownership structure.
A reshaped Liverpool board
Bhatia will take a seat on an expanded Liverpool board, which is being reshuffled to reflect the new shareholding. Elaine Saverin, wife of Eduardo Saverin, will also join, along with Bryan Baum, who is representing Bezos through K5 Sports, the venture capital firm Baum founded.
This is not a full takeover. FSG remain majority owners, but the sale of a significant minority stake signals a fresh injection of capital and influence, with 1892 Holdings now firmly embedded in the club’s strategic future.
For now, there are formalities to clear. The agreement is still subject to sign-off from the new Independent Football Regulator, and all involved must pass the Premier League’s owners’ and directors’ test before the structure is fully locked in.
“A huge privilege”
When FSG confirmed the sale of the minority stake to 1892 Holdings, Bhatia set out his stance in carefully chosen terms.
“We are incredibly proud to be investing in Liverpool Football Club and to be doing so alongside FSG,” he said. “We have the utmost respect and admiration for FSG as owners and for everything they have achieved at Anfield. To be welcomed as a partner in a club of this stature is a huge privilege.
“We are making this investment because we believe deeply in Liverpool and its leadership, and we look forward to supporting the club's continued success for years to come.”
The words point to partnership rather than revolution. The real clues will come over time: in how Liverpool spend, how they plan, and how visible Bhatia becomes once the whistle blows and the business of chasing trophies begins again at Anfield.
