(SAI). Having owned and managed SAI until 2001, he then shifted his focus to equity investing. It was upon his father’s death in 2002 that he became Chairman of his MBNA Corporation, which he sold for $35 billion to Bank of America in January, 2006. In the meantime, he has also become the owner of the NFL American football team, the Cleveland Browns, since October 2002, and has served as the Chairman of Aston Villa Football Club of the English Premier League since 2006. In 2012, he sold The Browns to Jimmy Haslam.