Now it’s all black and white: as anticipated by the The sun 24 hours Atalanta will also have a US partner, after North American investors have already taken over Milan, As Roma, but also Genoa, Spezia, Bologna and, finally, Fiorentina.
The agreement provides for the entry of new investors headed by Stephen Pagliuca, president of Bain Capital and co-owner of the Boston Celtics, with a total stake of 55% in the share capital of La Dea Srl, a sub-holding of the Percassi family, owner of approximately 86% of Atalanta’s share capital. The Percassi family will keep the 45% stake and will be the largest single shareholder in the company.
Joint governance
Governance will be the expression of an equal partnership: Antonio and Luca Percassi will continue to hold the position of President and CEO respectively of Atalanta, while Stephen Pagliuca will be appointed Co-chairman of the club. «The group of new investors – reports a note – includes leading professionals with in-depth experience in the football and sport sectors in general. Also for this reason, the partnership aims to strengthen the club and the team, with the aim of achieving a further improvement in the sporting and economic results – in addition to the considerable ones – achieved so far ».
The goal of the agreement is to “guarantee the club an even more international future, increasing the brand’s notoriety outside Europe, expanding the network of talents to which Atalanta has access and opening the doors to new opportunities. of commercial collaborations as well as the use of innovative technologies for the management – sporting and financial – of the club. All this in the declared desire to never loosen the strong roots of Atalanta in the Bergamo area and the close link with their supporters ” .
The co-presidents
“We took this opportunity with my family, with the aim of growing our team by choosing to remain linked to the club, which in over ten years we have brought to results that perhaps no one would have expected from a provincial team” declared the president Antonio Percassi.