Dragan Solak is a Serbian-born cable television tycoon and billionaire owner of English based club Southampton.
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Dragan Šolak has a 33.78 percent share in 21 companies: United Group; Serbia Broadband – Srpske Kablovske Mreže (SBB); Pantić Electronic Cable Television; Netlogic; Direct Media, allegedly previously owned by Dragan Đilas; Shoppster d.o.o. Belgrade; Tako Lako Shop; Fusion Communications; Big Print; Direct Media Komunikacije; Media Point; Grand Slam Group; CAS Media; United Media Production; United Media Digital; Newsmax Adria; United Cloud; Absolut Solutions; Adria News; City Media Plus-Streaming Ex Yu, and the TV channel Ultra, which has gone into liquidation. Šolak has shares less than 30 percent in the companies Brainz (25.34 percent) and Fortuna E Sports (27.02 percent).
Dragon Solak completed his purchase of an 80 per cent majority stake in Southampton, understood to be worth £100million on Jan 4, 2022.
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The Saints confirmed that Solak’s Sport Republic group purchased Chinese businessman Gao Jisheng’s stake – which he had purchased in 2017.
A club statement confirmed: “Southampton Football Club can today confirm that Sport Republic has completed the acquisition of a controlling stake in Southampton Football Club.
“Sport Republic is an investment firm in the sports and entertainment industry. They have purchased the shareholding of the club held by Mr Gao and will work in partnership with Katharina Liebherr who retains her minority shareholding.
“Everyone within the Southampton community would like to wish Mr Gao and his family well for their future.”
Lara Šolak is Dragan Solak’s daughter. However, there is little information about her.
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