A ‘self-made’ business sultan of today, Firoz Kassam happened to be the former owner of Oxford United F.C. Voted by the Sunday Times Rich List 2006 as one of the richest Britain-based businessman, Kassam rose like a phoenix from his miserly status as a mere slum hotelier of the 1980s. By 1999, Kassam became the owner of Oxford United F.C along with its debts. And in 2000 he initiated the construction of the ‘Kassam Stadium’– a new 12,500 three sided stadium at Minchery Farm on the edge of Oxford. In fact, Oxford United owes to Kassam its whole new get-up that includes a hotel, cinema, bowling alley, gym, health centre and restaurants.
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