The Premier League has long been the play thing of wealthy businessmen but in recent years that money and power is trickling down the football league pyramid.
We take a look at the richest club owners in the Championship, League One and League Two.
Stoke and West Brom's relegation to the Championship means that there are now six clubs outside of the Premier League who are owned billionaires, new figures collated by Bristol Live reveal.
More than half (14) of the club’s in England’s top flight are owned by billionaires.
The EFL is now heading that way.
The figures have been collected from a variety of sources including local news reports, Forbes and companycheck.co.uk.
Championship: Aston Villa - Dr. Tony Xia, Nassef Sawiris, Wesley Edens
£8,100,000,000
League One: Barnsley - International Investment Consortium (Headed by Chien Lee)
£6,900,000,000
Championship: Stoke City - Coates family
£3,100,000,000
Championship: West Brom - Guochuan Lai
£2,800,000,000
Championship: Bristol City - Steve Lansdown
£1,720,000,000
Championship: Preston North End - Trevor Hemmings
£1,000,000,000
Championship: Ipswich - Marcus Evans
£800,000,000
League One: Portsmouth - Michael Eisner
£761,363,968
Championship: Reading - Dai Yongge and Dai Xiu Li
£700,000,000
Championship: Sheffield Wednesday - Dejphon Chansiri
£520,000,000
Championship: Derby - Mel Morris
£500,000,000
Championship: Nottingham Forest - Evangelos Marinakis
£470,000,000
Championship: Leeds- Andrea Radrizzani
£450,000,000
Championship: Birmingham - Paul Suen (Trillion Trophy Asia)
£450,000,000
League One: Bristol Rovers - Dwane Sports (Al-Qadi family)
£400,000,000
Championship: QPR - Tony Fernandes, Lakshmi Mittal
£345,000,000
League One: Scunthorpe United - Peter Swann (family)
£340,000,000
Championship: Sheffield United - Kevin McCabe and Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
£260,000,000
Championship: Wigan Athletic - Dave Whelan
£250,000,000
Championship: Hull City - Assem Allam
£200,000,000
Championship: Middlesbrough - Steve Gibson
£195,000,000
Championship: Rotherham United - Tony Stewart and J Stewart
£180,000,000
Championship: Millwall - John Berylson, Richard Smith
£175,000,000
League Two: Milton Keynes Dons - Pete Winkelman
£157,900,000
League Two: Forest Green Rovers - Dale Vince
£107,000,000
League One: Blackpool - Owen Oyston
£100,000,000
League One: Bradford City - Stefan Rupp and Edin Rahic
£100,000,000
League Two: Stevenage - Phil Wallace
£70,000,000
League Two: Notts County - Alan Hardy
£55,000,000
League Two: Swindon Town - Lee Power
£45,000,000
League Two: Colchester United - Robbie Cowling
£40,000,000
Championship: Norwich City - Delia Smith and Michael Wynn-Jones
£30,000,000
League Two: Carlisle United - CUFC Holdings Ltd - Lead shareholder Andrew Jenkins
£17,100,000
League Two: Crewe Alexandra - Mr Norman Hassall
£14,400,000
League One: Shrewsbury Town - Roland Wycherley
£14,300,000
League One: Sunderland - Stewart Donald
£8,400,000
League Two: Mansfield Town - John Radford
£7,100,000
League One: Walsall - Jeff Bonser
£3,300,000
Other clubs were either owned by supporters’ trusts or the owner’s estimated wealth could not be ascertained.
Championship: Bolton Ken Anderson Unknown
Championship: Brentford Matthew Benham Unknown
Championship: Swansea Stephen Kaplan and Jason Levien Unknown
Championship: Blackburn Balaji & Venkatesh Rao Unknown
League One: Accrington Stanley Andy Holt Unknown
League One: Burton Albion Ben Robinson Unknown
League One: Charlton Athletic Roland Duchâtelet Unknown
League One: Coventry City Otium Entertainment Group Unknown
League One: Doncaster Rovers Patienceform Limited Unknown
League One: Fleetwood Town Andrew Pilley Unknown
League One: Gillingham Paul Scally Unknown
League One: Luton Town Luton Town Football Club 2020 Ltd Unknown
League One: Oxford United Sumrith Thanakarnjanasuth Unknown
League One: Peterborough United Darragh MacAnthony Unknown
League One: Plymouth Argyle Simon Hallett Unknown
League One: Rochdale Chris Dunphy Unknown
League One: Southend United Ron Martin Unknown
League Two: Bury Mederco (BFC) Ltd - Stewart Day Unknown
League Two: Cambridge United Paul Barry Unknown
League Two: Crawley Town Ziya Eren Unknown
League Two: Grimsby Town John Fenty Unknown
League Two: Macclesfield Town Amar Alkadhi Unknown
League Two: Morecambe Jason Whittingham and Colin Goldring Unknown
League Two: Northampton Town Northampton Town Ventures Limited - Kelvin Thomas, David Bower and David Bower Unknown
League Two: Oldham Athletic Abdallah Lemsagam Unknown
League Two: Port Vale Norman Smurthwaite Unknown
League Two: Tranmere Rovers Mark Palios Unknown
League Two: Yeovil Town John Fry Unknown
League One: AFC Wimbledon Supporters trust n/a
League One: Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Trust n/a
League Two: Cheltenham Town No outright owner n/a
League Two: Exeter City Exeter City Supporters' Trust n/a
League Two: Lincoln City Lincoln City Holdings Ltd n/a
League Two: Newport County Newport County AFC Supporters Trust n/a
