Overview

• Sheffield Wednesday and Portsmouth issued tributes on Saturday, with both clubs expressing condolences.
• At Portsmouth he appointed Harry Redknapp and oversaw promotion to the Premier League in 2003.
• He bought Leicester City in 2007 and later sold the club to Vichai and Aiyawatt Srivaddhanaprabha.
• He acquired Sheffield Wednesday in 2010, led the club out of the third tier, and subsequently sold to Dejphon Chansiri.
• His earlier ventures included founding FC Lika, launching the San Jose Earthquakes and Connecticut Bicentennials, investing in Standard Liège and Charleroi, and owning Nice, which won the Coupe de France in 1997.