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Chelsea: Profile on the US businessmen who want to buy the Stamford Bridge club

Todd Boehly does not run the Dodgers. For the matter, he also does not run the Lakers, another team in which he holds a minority ownership stake. His company, Eldridge, holds dozens of investments in firms ranging from sports and entertainment to gaming, technology and insurance. The controlling owner of the Dodgers is Mark Walter, not Boehly.

However, when Walter's ownership group bought the Dodgers, Boehly negotiated the record-setting television rights deal that provided the team with more than enough money to sign whatever players they wanted. Boehly also supported ownership investments in renovating an old stadium, and in such non-traditional areas as nutrition and biomechanics for players, and in start-up companies testing out ways to shorten concession lines for fans.