Richard Craig Scudamore CBE was born on 11 August 1959 and is an English sports executive.
18 Facts About Richard Scudamore
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Richard Scudamore was the Executive Chairman of the English Premier League from June 2014 until his retirement in November 2018.
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Richard Scudamore had previously served as chief executive since November 1999.
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Richard Scudamore studied law at the University of Nottingham but never went on to qualify or practice law.
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Richard Scudamore then spent nine years at Yellow Pages, a division of British Telecom, progressing through sales and marketing, business planning and regional management to the position of sales director.
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Richard Scudamore joined them as group advertising director, but went on to spend his last three years with the Thomson Corporation in the United States as senior vice president responsible for all their newspaper operations in the southern and eastern US Richard Scudamore managed all advertising, sales and marketing activity for the entire company.
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From 1997 to 1999, Richard Scudamore was chief executive of the Football League.
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Richard Scudamore was accountable for all elements of the League's operations and his core responsibilities included regulatory, legal and political matters, and the sale of broadcasting and central commercial rights.
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Richard Scudamore set up an independent commission to look into the matter which found that Cole, Mourinho and Chelsea were guilty of breaking Premier League Rules regarding unauthorized approaches.
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Richard Scudamore has driven forward numerous initiatives to improve the sustainability of Premier League clubs On the financial viability of Premier League clubs, Richard Scudamore has said that the "majority of clubs are within sensible percentages" regarding their ratios of income spent on wages and said it is a "stable situation".
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Richard Scudamore has defended foreign owners of Premier League clubs on several occasions.
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Richard Scudamore has overseen the international commercial expansion of the Premier League, describing the "exponential growth" of the league's audience and revenue in India, and has stated that football is India's fastest growing sport.
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Richard Scudamore has described the Premier League as an "iconic British business" and described it as "a big and important economic entity" for the UK.
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On 7 November 2013, Richard Scudamore was awarded the "Outstanding Contribution to Football" Award at the Football Business Awards.
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In May 2014, emails written by Richard Scudamore were leaked by a former temporary PA to the Sunday Mirror.
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Richard Scudamore is married to Catherine and has five children: Jamie, Chloe, Patrick, Ned and Lara.
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Richard Scudamore was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours.
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Richard Scudamore is the second cousin of former jockey Peter Scudamore.