News

Leicester City’s Billionaire owner feared dead after helicopter crash at King Power stadium

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha the billionaire ownerof Leicester city football club was inside the helicopter that crashed at 20:30 BST on Saturday.

It is not yet known how many other people were on board the helicopter.

Leicester had drawn 1-1 against West Ham United at the King Power Stadium.

})(jQuery);

The helicopter taking off just before it crashed.

Under Mr Srivaddhanaprabha’s ownership, Leicester City won the Premier League in 2016, having started the season as 5,000/1 outsiders.

5 things to know about Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, the billionaire owner of Leicester city football club.

Father of four
Billionaire and founder of duty-free consortium King Power International
Ranked as the fifth richest person in Thailand by Forbes Magazine
Bought Leicester City in 2010 for £39m
Under his ownership, the club won the Premier League in 2016 and reached the Champions League quarter finals a year later

Kanyi Okeke

Kanyi is the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of KanyiDaily.com. When she's not serving DAILY delicious scoops on Entertainment and news, you can find her reading a book by the beach. Keep up with Kanyi on Instagram and Twitter or through her email Kanyi@KanyiDaily.com