{"id":95833,"date":"2026-09-17T06:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/09\/2026\/clearlake-capital-moved-to-full-control-of-chelsea-by-buying-boehly-and-walter-stakes.html"},"modified":"2026-09-17T06:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T10:20:56","slug":"clearlake-capital-moved-to-full-control-of-chelsea-by-buying-boehly-and-walter-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/09\/2026\/clearlake-capital-moved-to-full-control-of-chelsea-by-buying-boehly-and-walter-stakes.html","title":{"rendered":"Clearlake Capital Moved to Full Control of Chelsea by Buying Boehly and Walter Stakes:"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-17-chelsea-hero.jpg\" alt=\"Clearlake Capital Moved to Full Control of Chelsea by Buying Boehly and Walter Stakes:\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HedgeCo.Net \u2014 Clearlake Capital is acquiring Todd Boehly\u2019s and Mark Walter\u2019s Chelsea stakes of about 12.8% each, moving from roughly 61.5% already held to full control, according to CNBC coverage the night of September 16 ET. Financial Times figures cited by CNBC and Bloomberg put the combined sale near \u00a3950 million ($1.27 billion) and the club around a \u00a35 billion valuation. Boehly is stepping down as Chelsea chairman; Hansj\u00f6rg Wyss remains an important stakeholder per the club\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>The club said there will be no changes to day-to-day operations, leadership, or strategy. Reuters likewise framed Boehly and Walter as selling their holdings to Clearlake in a control-consolidating secondary.<\/p>\n<p>This is a disclosed ownership consolidation among existing sponsors, not a third-party club sale. Mark the ~12.8% stakes each, Clearlake\u2019s prior ~61.5%, the FT-cited ~\u00a3950 million combined and ~\u00a35 billion club valuation, Boehly\u2019s chair exit, and the no-ops-change statement as sourced. Do not invent exact final percentages beyond the tape, a Premier League approval timeline, or a stadium-financing link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HedgeCo.Net \u2014 Clearlake Capital is acquiring Todd Boehly\u2019s and Mark Walter\u2019s Chelsea stakes of about 12.8% each, moving from roughly 61.5% already held to full control, according t\u2026 <a class=\"continue_reading_link btn btn-mini\" href=\"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/09\/2026\/clearlake-capital-moved-to-full-control-of-chelsea-by-buying-boehly-and-walter-stakes.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":95832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16296],"tags":[19526,19525,19528,19529,19527],"class_list":["post-95833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alternative-investments","tag-chelsea-fc","tag-clearlake-capital","tag-mark-walter","tag-sports-investing","tag-todd-boehly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}