Valeri Belokon
| Valērijs Belokoņs | |
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Valērijs Belokoņs at Bloomfield Road
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| Born |
Valērijs Belokoņs 14 February 1960 Riga, Latvia |
| Nationality | Latvian |
| Occupation | Businessperson |
| Known for | Founder of Baltic International Bank |
| Home town | Riga |
Valērijs Belokoņs (born 14 February 1960) is a Latvian businessman and a shareholder in the Baltic International Bank.
Since June 2010, he has been a Trustee of The Prince's Foundation for Built Environment.
Born in Riga, in the former Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, Belokoņs studied at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the United States and the University of Latvia, Faculty of Philology. He is the chairperson of the council of the Baltic International Bank, and his corporation Belokoņs Holdings has interests in finance, media, the Food industry and social projects in Latvia and Kyrgyzstan as well as football in England. These include
In June 2008, Belokoņs sold his 30% stake in the Latvian television station TV5 to the News Corporation owned by Rupert Murdoch.
Through Belokoņs Holdings and VB Football Assets, Belokon bought a 20% stake in Blackpool Football Club in 2006, and is the club's president. In June 2007 he stated that he was prepared to increase his stake in Blackpool from 20% to 50% following the clubs promotion to The Championship.
On 8 July 2008, Belokoņs announced that he and Owen Oyston, the majority share-holder of the club, would be personally financing the construction of the new South Stand and South-west corner at Bloomfield Road, with work to start immediately.
On 31 July 2009, it was announced that Belokoņs was setting up a new transfer fund for Blackpool, into which he was adding a "considerable amount" on 5 August in order to invest in new players identified by team manager Ian Holloway.
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