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Soccer legend Lionel Messi plans to get into tech investing via a new Silicon Valley holding company

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Lionel Messi (pictured, right), the Argentine professional soccer/football player who is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, is to make a push into technology investing via a new vehicle that will be shepherded by two Silicon Valley veterans.

Play Time is the name given to a new partnership between the player’s Messi Group and Silicon Valley executives Razmig Hovaghimian and Special Advisor Michael Marquez.

Headquartered in San Francisco, the Messi Group said Play Time will be a holding company and act as the main vehicle for Messi’s investments in sports, media, and technology investments globally.