If you’ve been involved in the domain name investment space for more than a minute, you know – or at least know of – Divyank Turakhia. Div, as well as his brother Bhavin Turakhia, is a billionaire who got his start in the domain space. I am pretty sure he is still involved with the industry. Ron Jackson wrote an article about Div’s background in DNJournal, as did Wired.
With competitive UEFA Champions League matches starting this week, I thought it was neat to learn that Div reportedly became an investor in Atalanta, an historic Italian football club:
Indian Billionaire Divyank Turakhia has invested over €70m into Atalanta. This happened before we played Liverpool and does not impact on Percassi ownership, Turakhia has invested into the part owned by Stephen Pagliuca. (Tutto Atalanta) pic.twitter.com/HjShekOjVY
— Atalanta BC News (@AtalantaBC_News) June 25, 2024
There’s an article with more coverage about the recent investment on an Italian news website.
Atalanta will open its Champions League schedule on Thursday against my favorite football (soccer) club, Arsenal.
It’s neat to see someone with such deep ties to the domain space doing so well in life.
The next big big huge sport investment is pickleball.