Manchester united owner name. Manchester city owner sheikh mansour ushered in a golden era when he took over the club in 2008 pumping millions into the project in pursuit of premier league glory. Gibson himself died in 1951 but while ownership of the club passed to his widow violet control of the club passed to director and former player harold hardman. The glazer brothers joel. Glazers takeover was protested by a large portion of uniteds fans due to financial concerns.
Manchester united football club is a professional football club based in old trafford greater manchester england that competes in the premier league the top flight of english footballnicknamed the red devils the club was founded as newton heath lyr football club in 1878 changed its name to manchester united in 1902 and moved to its current stadium old trafford in 1910. The owners are avram bryan joel and edward glazer sons of late billionaire malcolm glazer although edward sold his shares off shortly after the death of his father. Avram joel kevin bryan darcie and edward glazer. Meanwhile a local businessman named louis edwards began accruing shares in manchester united and was eventually made chairman on hardmans death in 1965.
Malcolm glazer took hold of a majority stake.