From Superbowl to soccer

Although his interest in soccer as a sport is often questioned, nobody doubts that Malcolm Glazer has a keen business sense.

The 75-year-old US tycoon began making his fortune at 15 when he took over the family watch business after his father died.

But he kept a low profile for years - before surfacing in 1995 when he purchased American football team Tampa Bay Buccaneers for £103 million.

His American football fanatic sons Bryan, Edward and Joel, do most of the day-to-day running of the club.

But, having built a new stadium and made some surprising changes in management, the underperforming team became Superbowl material - with its value thought to have trebled.

Among his other current business interests is First Allied Corp, a conglomerate of businessmen with an estimated worth of $1.5billion.