The offer made by KSE, UK, INC ("KSE") for Arsenal holdings PLC is the company, owned by existing Arsenal Director, Stan Kroenke. As part of the offer, Mr. Kroenke has "committed to continue to operate the club in line with Arsenal's existing self-sustaining business model".
Who is he? His full name is Enos Stanley Kroenke [Pronounced KRONKEE] and he hails from Mora which is about 2 hours Southeast of Kansas City in the USA. It is a place filled with Corn and Bean fields it's also isolated an "unincorporated population-25" and as quiet and unassuming Mora maybe, it has produced one of the country's richest men, the "owner of an aspiring global sports empire".
Stan Kroenke 62, was named after "two Cardinals Hall of Famers: Enos Slaughter, an epic hustler, the man nicknamed Country who famously scored from first base on a double in the seventh game in the 1946 World Series; and Stan Musial, Stan the Man, known no less for his quiet decency than for his sublime hitting skills".
Those who personally know Stan Kroenke say, "as a boy he developed the traits suggested by his name. He swept floors at his father's business on Mora Road and by the age 10 or so, sat at the table keeping books.
His personality, though influenced by his Lutheran-German upbringing, "is most often described for what it is not - flamboyant".
Baseball gave Stan his name, but Basketball captured his passion and in those "pompadoured days of the mid-1960's, as a lanky 6-foot-2 forward, he developed an elegant shot from the wing at nearby Cole Camp High School.
"You never know who you're going to school with until later in life," said William Smart, a high school team mate of Stan Kroenke who later became the Principal at Cole Camp High School and is now it's athletic director. He said of Stan, "He was quiet, a good player and student. His dad was a good businessman and he got good training".
David Stern the N.B.A. Commissioner, described Stan as "inquisitive and analytical, as knowledgeable a person as there is", about Basketball, an owner "willing to do old things in a new way", but ultimately a man without anecdotes.
Before Stan began buying American sports teams, and before he pursued Arsenal Football Club, started a "Real Estate career, he was the son of the owner of the Mora Lumber Company. His father and grandfather loved the St. Louis Cardinals, whose baseball games arrived in staticky regularity over the radio".
On a "trip to Aspen Colorado, he met Ann Walton, a Wal-Mart heiress; they were married in 1974". Post nuptials, Stan made his "initial fortune developing shopping centres and many were anchored by Wal-Marts. Stan and his wife Ann were back in 2009, listed among the top 117 richest Americans by Forbes, Ann estimated worth: $2.9 billion and Stan [the man] $2.7 billion.
Stans wealth is a sensitive issue with him when it comes to "wanting others to know that his wealth - which has spread to ranching and wineries, was mostly self-made and not as a result of matrimony. Stan's people, namely Maclyn Clouse[a finance professor at the University of Denver] wanted to make sure the public recognizes, he was a well-to-do man before marriage".
Prof Maclyn Clouse
Ann Walton was educated at Lincoln University and is a registered nurse as stated by Forbes. She "inherited a chunk of Wal-Mart stock after her father James (Bud) Walton's death in 1995; stock up 30% since January, 2011, and her Net Worth is $3.4 billion. However, her wealth is exceeded by that of her husband, Stan Kroenke, who made his first fortune developing commercial and retail properties". A passionate sports lover, Stan Kroenke owns pro Basketball's Denver Nuggets, Hockey's Colorado Avalanche; and both play at Stan's Pepsi Centre. He also owns a stake in pro football's St. Louis Rams and is currently the major shareholder of English football Titan, Arsenal aka The Gunners. Stan Kroenke's Holdings include 5 ranches covering 1.5 million acres, shopping centres, and office properties.
Ann Kroenke
Stan Kroenke is a circumspect man and it is said that he seldom speaks to reporters and they have nicknamed him, 'Silent Stanley', He is also on a regular basis called the anti-Donald Trump, the anti-Jerry Jones and the anti-Mark Cuban. So Stan is now breaking his 'Silence' via his next move upon his global chess board and this move will no doubt firmy establish him, if not his hometown of Mora, Southeast of Kansas City, USA as a major attraction on the sport's global estate.
Stan Kroenke is on the "verge of taking control of" one of English football's most treasured franchises ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB, and as an admirer of Mr. Enos Stanley Kroenke, I believe that the club will go from strength to strength with 'Silent Stanley' at the helm.
Stan Kroenke
Who is he? His full name is Enos Stanley Kroenke [Pronounced KRONKEE] and he hails from Mora which is about 2 hours Southeast of Kansas City in the USA. It is a place filled with Corn and Bean fields it's also isolated an "unincorporated population-25" and as quiet and unassuming Mora maybe, it has produced one of the country's richest men, the "owner of an aspiring global sports empire".
Stan Kroenke 62, was named after "two Cardinals Hall of Famers: Enos Slaughter, an epic hustler, the man nicknamed Country who famously scored from first base on a double in the seventh game in the 1946 World Series; and Stan Musial, Stan the Man, known no less for his quiet decency than for his sublime hitting skills".
Those who personally know Stan Kroenke say, "as a boy he developed the traits suggested by his name. He swept floors at his father's business on Mora Road and by the age 10 or so, sat at the table keeping books.
His personality, though influenced by his Lutheran-German upbringing, "is most often described for what it is not - flamboyant".
Baseball gave Stan his name, but Basketball captured his passion and in those "pompadoured days of the mid-1960's, as a lanky 6-foot-2 forward, he developed an elegant shot from the wing at nearby Cole Camp High School.
"You never know who you're going to school with until later in life," said William Smart, a high school team mate of Stan Kroenke who later became the Principal at Cole Camp High School and is now it's athletic director. He said of Stan, "He was quiet, a good player and student. His dad was a good businessman and he got good training".
David Stern the N.B.A. Commissioner, described Stan as "inquisitive and analytical, as knowledgeable a person as there is", about Basketball, an owner "willing to do old things in a new way", but ultimately a man without anecdotes.
Before Stan began buying American sports teams, and before he pursued Arsenal Football Club, started a "Real Estate career, he was the son of the owner of the Mora Lumber Company. His father and grandfather loved the St. Louis Cardinals, whose baseball games arrived in staticky regularity over the radio".
On a "trip to Aspen Colorado, he met Ann Walton, a Wal-Mart heiress; they were married in 1974". Post nuptials, Stan made his "initial fortune developing shopping centres and many were anchored by Wal-Marts. Stan and his wife Ann were back in 2009, listed among the top 117 richest Americans by Forbes, Ann estimated worth: $2.9 billion and Stan [the man] $2.7 billion.
Stans wealth is a sensitive issue with him when it comes to "wanting others to know that his wealth - which has spread to ranching and wineries, was mostly self-made and not as a result of matrimony. Stan's people, namely Maclyn Clouse[a finance professor at the University of Denver] wanted to make sure the public recognizes, he was a well-to-do man before marriage".
Ann Walton was educated at Lincoln University and is a registered nurse as stated by Forbes. She "inherited a chunk of Wal-Mart stock after her father James (Bud) Walton's death in 1995; stock up 30% since January, 2011, and her Net Worth is $3.4 billion. However, her wealth is exceeded by that of her husband, Stan Kroenke, who made his first fortune developing commercial and retail properties". A passionate sports lover, Stan Kroenke owns pro Basketball's Denver Nuggets, Hockey's Colorado Avalanche; and both play at Stan's Pepsi Centre. He also owns a stake in pro football's St. Louis Rams and is currently the major shareholder of English football Titan, Arsenal aka The Gunners. Stan Kroenke's Holdings include 5 ranches covering 1.5 million acres, shopping centres, and office properties.
Stan Kroenke is a circumspect man and it is said that he seldom speaks to reporters and they have nicknamed him, 'Silent Stanley', He is also on a regular basis called the anti-Donald Trump, the anti-Jerry Jones and the anti-Mark Cuban. So Stan is now breaking his 'Silence' via his next move upon his global chess board and this move will no doubt firmy establish him, if not his hometown of Mora, Southeast of Kansas City, USA as a major attraction on the sport's global estate.
Stan Kroenke is on the "verge of taking control of" one of English football's most treasured franchises ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB, and as an admirer of Mr. Enos Stanley Kroenke, I believe that the club will go from strength to strength with 'Silent Stanley' at the helm.
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