Chien Lee
Chien Lee | |
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Lee in 2016 | |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur Investor Sports team owner |
| Organization | NewCity Capital |
| Known for | First person to invest in nine European football clubs: FC Thun (Switzerland) AS Nancy Lorraine (France) FC Kaiserslautern (Germany) GKS Tychy (Poland) Barnsley F.C. (England) OGC Nice (France) Esbjerg fB (Denmark) FC Den Bosch (Netherlands) K.V. Oostende (Belgium) |
| Chairman of AS Nancy Lorraine | |
| In office December 2020 – present | |
| Chairman of Barnsley F.C. | |
| In office December 2017 – May 2022 | |
| Chairman of OGC Nice | |
| In office June 2016 – August 2019 | |
Chien Lee (Chinese: 李建; pinyin: Lǐ Jiàn) is a Chinese-American entrepreneur, investor, and sports team owner. He has built a multi-club ownership model, owns multiple professional European football clubs and is a well-known investor in European football.
Lee is the founder and Chairman of NewCity Capital and co-founder of 7 Days Inn. He is the first person to invest in nine European football clubs including FC Thun, AS Nancy Lorraine, FC Kaiserslautern, GKS Tychy FC. OGC Nice, Barnsley F.C., K.V. Oostende, Esbjerg fB, and FC Den Bosch, He is regarded as a pioneer of multi-club ownership in European football.
The Financial Times stated that Lee has refined Moneyball and The Wall Street Journal called Lee's football journey "a Moneyball experiment in English soccer".