Meet Tottenham two biggest chiefs Bryan Glinton and Katie Booth who have replaced billionaire Joe Lewis
BAHAMAS-BASED lawyer Bryan Glinton and British-born asset manager Katie Booth are the big chiefs at Tottenham… but you’ve probably never heard of them.
The Spurs ownership model is a complicated one.
Joe Lewis, 86, who has been charged with insider trading by American authorities, has family members who are part of the Lewis Family Trusts that own 70.12 per cent of ENIC – the company that owns 86.58 per cent of Spurs.
The majority stake in the club, owned by ENIC Sports Inc, is registered in the Bahamas, but it is split
Since last October, Lewis ceased to be a “person of significant control” and no longer has an active role.
His stake was shared between two associates, Miami born Bryan Glinton, a Bahamas-based longstanding legal adviser to Lewis’ Tavistock group, and British-born asset manager Katie Booth.
They now have the same powers Lewis held at the club and have the “right to appoint and remove directors with control over the trustees of a trust”.
But who are the pair?
Bryan Glinton
Born in Miami, Florida – Glinton now resides in Nassau Bahamas.
He is a founding partner of law firm Glinton Sweeting O’Brien, which he founded in 2005.
He is a legal advisor to Lewis’ private investment company Tavistock Group and the Albany Resort development – a 600-acre oceanside luxury resort that drew investment from Tiger Woods and singer Justin Timberlake.
According to his website, he ‘specialises in corporate law, acting for institutional investors, developers, financial institutions, international law firms and accounting firms on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and financial services.’
Previously, he worked in the US for 10 years where he worked as a financial services lawyer specialising in corporate tax, banking and securities.
In his current role, he advises corporations and private individuals on the best ways of launching projects in The Bahamas, which is how he could have met Lewis.
Interestingly, there’s not a mention of Spurs in his online bio, nor sports club expertise.
Katie Booth
British-born asset manager Booth is equally as mysterious.
A businesswoman of some repute, she is also found in the Bahamas.
According to her bio, she has managed the consolidation,
preservation and succession of the assets of some of the world’s
wealthiest entrepreneurs. Again, could be where her relationship with Lewis began.
Booth initially was a practicing private client lawyer, before she became a senior director at MeesPierson, NM Rothschild
and Butterfield Bank.
In 2011, she branched out on her own with the launch of her own private wealth consultancy, which now operates from the Bahamas.
Her Amber Trust company supported single family offices, meaning she served ultra-affluent companies.
A link to Spurs has not previously been publicised.
Where does this leave Daniel Levy?
As for Daniel Levy, his official title is chairman.
Levy formed a business relationship with Lewis in ENIC International Ltd and became its managing director in 1995.
Thanks to him, ENIC became a sports, entertainment and media company.
In terms of the ownership model at Spurs, Levy has the remaining 29.88 per cent of the ENIC stake along with “certain members of his family”, again, via a discretionary trust.
That leaves 13.42 per cent owned by “small shareholders”.
As of 2023, Levy is the highest paid chairman in the Premier League earning around £3.2million-per-year, according to accountancy of football expert Kieran Maguire.