Liu Yiqian
China Football: Liverpool rejects buyout offer of Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian
| Cristian Andal | | Jul 12, 2016 02:11 AM EDT |
Liverpool FC owners Fenway Sports Group recently turned down a buyout offer from Chinese billionaire Liu Yiqian, China’s 47th richest man, as the company has no plans of selling their majority stake in the English Premier League club.
Chinese Billionaire Collector Liu Yiqian Buys Modigliani Painting for Record $170.4 Million
| Elena Garcia | | Nov 11, 2015 10:01 AM EST |
Liu Yiqian, a Chinese billionaire collector, is known for shelling out millions in order to acquire Chinese artworks, but he also has an eye for western masterpieces. Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei bought Amedeo Modigliani's 1917 painting of a reclining nude "Nu Couche" for as much as $170.4 million - the second highest auction price ever paid for artifact after a Picasso painting sold at Christie's for $179.4 million in May, Forbes reported.
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