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Marcus Evans (Marcus Paul Bruce Evans) was born on 18 August, 1963 in Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, London, England, is a British football businessman. Discover Marcus Evans's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

Popular As Marcus Paul Bruce Evans
Occupation Businessman
Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 18 August, 1963
Birthday 18 August
Birthplace Charing Cross Hospital in Hammersmith, London, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Parents Nigel Bruce Charles Evans and Janita Evans (nee Williamson)
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Children 3

Marcus Evans Net Worth

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1963

Marcus Paul Bruce Evans (born 18 August 1963) is an English businessman.

He is originally from Walsham-le-Willows, near Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, but grew up near Wimbledon, London.

1983

He founded his company, Marcus Evans, in 1983.

The group organises live business, sports and entertainment events around the world.

Its global regional head offices are in Dublin, Chicago, and APAC – Kuala Lumpur.

According to Companies House, Evans started his first firm, Associated Promotions, in 1983 when corporate hospitality was a relatively new market.

Marcus Evans Group was founded in 1983.

It employs over 3000 staff and has around 56 offices globally.

1992

By 1992 he had renamed his company The Hospitality Group (THG Sports Tours).

That same year, he bought into a clothing and gifts company, Castle Mills International, but sold it to investor Brian Rousell within a year.

THG Sports Tours is now part of the wider Marcus Evans Group.

1994

In 1994, he paid £325,000 for a stake of just under 5 percent in the electronics firm Ross Group, where he was appointed Chief Executive.

1999

In 1999, he was reportedly removed as CEO after a shareholder coup.

2004

In 2004, Evans made an unsuccessful £700+ million offer for the Daily Mirror, followed by another rejected offer of £550+ million in 2006.

2007

Evans is best known for being the former chairman and owner of Ipswich Town F.C., which he bought in December 2007.

He remained the owner for over 13 years before selling the club to a new U.S. consortium in April 2021 while retaining a 5% share in the club.

Evans himself has maintained a low public profile throughout his professional career, with limited photos and interviews of him available online.

Marcus Evans attained a bachelor's degree at King's College, Cambridge University and a M.B.A. from Waseda University Graduate School in Japan.

In June 2007, the organizers of the Rugby World Cup failed to secure exclusive control over corporate hospitality at the event.

In a ruling, the Paris Commercial Court awarded Marcus Evans the right to run hospitality packages without the approval of the organizing committee.

Marcus Evans won his case after arguing that the Hospitality Group's packages included receptions before and after the matches, but not tickets to see them.

This claim was contested by the organizing committee.

In 2007, The Olympic Council of Ireland (OCI) officially appointed the THG Sports Tours, another company owned by Marcus Evans (and part of the Marcus Evans Group), as its official ticketing agency for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Subsequently, both the Greek Olympic organization and the Maltese Olympic organization have appointed THG Sports Tours as their agents.

In 2007, Ipswich Town Football Club announced that Marcus Evans would be buying a controlling stake in the club subject to contracts, pending due diligence and shareholder approval.

The deal saw Evans purchase Ipswich Town's £32 million debts with Aviva (Norwich Union) and Barclays Bank.

The official announcement did not state the terms of this deal, though various unsourced media reports speculated that he paid anything between 20 pence to £1 for the club.

He injected £12 million into the club and gained a controlling 87.5% stake, with existing shareholders retaining a 12.5% stake.

The deal was finalised following an EGM on 17 December 2007.

When Marcus Evans took over the club in 2007, the club was £32m in debt to Evans.

2008

However, despite taking The Hospitality Group to the highest appeal courts in France, in 2008 THG Group won its case in the courts.

2012

Due to the club paying Evans around 5.4% interest on the debt every year, club accounts in 2012 showed that the figure had more than doubled to £67m and he hadn't converted any of it to equity.

2019

After 11 years of Evans's ownership, the club finished bottom of the Championship in 2019 and was relegated to League One, the third tier of English football, for the first time since 1957.

Following relegation the club's debt, which is owned exclusively to Evans, rose from £95.5m to £96.3m.

2020

Following relegation, discontent over Evans's ownership began to grow within the club's fanbase, which led to the popular fan group 'Blue Action' staging several demonstrations against both Evans and club manager Paul Lambert during the 2020–21 season.

Notably on 15 February 2021, several fans defied COVID-19 rules and staged a protest outside the club's training ground, with many throwing flares onto the ground and chanting for Lambert to be dismissed.

Lambert would leave the club at the end of the month by mutual consent, with Paul Cook appointed soon after.

On 7 April 2021, Evans officially sold the club to US investment group Gamechanger 20 Limited and agreed to write off the majority of the club's debt owed to him in the process.

As part of the deal, Evans took up a 5% stake in Gamechanger 20 Ltd, with the Three Lions fund (managed by Brett Johnson, Berke Bakay, and Mark Detmer) owning a further 5% stake, and the remaining 90% of the group owned by the US investment fund ORG.

Evans confirmed in his final statement that despite retaining a stake in the club, he would no longer be involved in the day-to-day running of the club.