The Pozzo family is known for their involvement in football, but this is not the way their family business started. Gino Pozzo’s father Gianpaolo was able to purchase the Udinese club due to monetary profits made from their family tool business. The Pozzo family had been heavily involved in the woodworking industry prior to the acquisition of the Udinese Calcio Football Club in in Udine Italy in in 1986. Woodworking remained a family business until 2008 when the Pozzo family decided to focus more on business acquisitions and the expansion of their football club.

Gino Pozzo decided to follow in his father’s footsteps and acquire his own football club. Prior to becoming the owner of the Watford Football Club in England, Gino Pozzo embarked on life changing journey to America where he attended Harvard University. He moved back to Barcelona Spain and lived there for twenty years before moving to London with his wife and their three children.

Football is undoubtably a favorite pass time in Europe There are top tier and other various levels of club all throughout. Developing these clubs and helping them rise to recognition is for those experienced with club ownership and the logistics of the sport. Gino Pozzo’s mother was related to former presidents of the Udinese football club, his father was an owner, and these connections gave him the know-how when it came time to acquire his own FC.

When Gino Pozzo acquired Waterford FC, it positioned his family to be the only family to simultaneously own three FC’s. The Pozzo family owns clubs in Spain, Italy and London, these acquisitions triggered the Wall Street Journal to publish an article about their passion for soccer and ability to turn clubs that are in deficit around to successful FCs within short periods of time. Football is a multi-million dollar industry and with the right leader, such as Gino Pozzo, a club can become premier league and gain notoriety.

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