Owner: Eddie Davies
Approximate value: £60 million

A big Bolton fan throughout his life, Eddie Davies became major shareholder of Burden Leisure PLC in December 2003, after previously being non executive director in 1999 – the same year of the appointment of Sam Allerdyce.

Though he grew up in the town, Davies now resides on the Isle of Man and has an approximate personal worth of £60m – placing him within the top 600 of the richest people in Britain.