Jason Levien, D.C. United’s managing general partner, is assembling a group of investors from his ownership circle at Premier League club Swansea City to help form the MLS team’s new slate of shareholders, the Insider has learned.
The group seems likely to include American businessman Steve Kaplan, Levien’s primary partner and money man at Swansea City. He has also been a co-owner of the NBA’s Memphis Grizzlies since 2012.
The number of other Swansea figures to invest in United, one person familiar with the situation said, hinges on whether Los Angeles billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong reaches a deal with Levien.