Football Club Ownership: Data, Decisions & Competitive Edge
The Athletic FC Podcast
03/04/21
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Host Mark Chapman and The Athletic's football news reporter Matt Slater speak to Simon Hallett, owner of English League One side Plymouth Argyle football club and Chief Investment Officer at Harding Loevner, an investment boutique that manages more than $70 billion for individuals and institutions about how he finds the balances between running a football club like a business and a labour of love - as a life-long Plymouth fan.
We hear about the business processes implemented in leading a football club at the intersection of economics, finance and psychology and data.
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