Jiang Lizhang

{{Short description|Chinese businessperson (born 1981)}}

{{family name hatnote|Jiǎng|lang=Chinese}}{{Infobox person

| name = Jiang Lizhang

| native_name = 蒋立章

| native_name_lang = zh

| birth_date = 27 October 1981

| occupation = businessman

| known_for = owner of Granada CF

}}

Jiang Lizhang ({{zh|s=蒋立章}}; born October 27, 1981, in Fu'an) is a Chinese businessman who owns Granada CF in Spain's Segunda División, having bought a controlling stake for over €37m.{{Cite web|date=2016-06-14|title=Jiang Lizhang, nuevo propietario del Granada|url=https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-jiang-lizhang-nuevo-propietario-granada-201606142212_noticia.html|access-date=2022-01-11|website=abc|language=es|archive-date=2022-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111100316/https://www.abc.es/deportes/futbol/abci-jiang-lizhang-nuevo-propietario-granada-201606142212_noticia.html|url-status=live}} He was also a part-owner of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, having bought 5% of the franchise for around €45m in 2016,{{Cite web|date=2016-06-27|title=Sources: Wolves sell shares to China's Jiang|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/16561211/minnesota-timberwolves-sell-ownership-shares-lizhang-jiang-meyer-orbach|access-date=2022-01-11|website=ESPN.com|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111134941/https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/16561211/minnesota-timberwolves-sell-ownership-shares-lizhang-jiang-meyer-orbach|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://china.nba.com/a/20160630/020602.htm |title=蒋立章入股森林狼 成NBA首位中国老板 |website=NBA 中国 |accessdate=18 August 2016 |archive-date=12 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190312152201/http://china.nba.com/a/20160630/020602.htm |url-status=dead }} before Minnesota Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor bought back the 5% of the team's stake from Jiang in February 2019.{{Cite web|title=T'Wolves' Taylor Buys Back 5% Of Team Stake From Chinese Investor|url=https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2019/02/28/Franchises/Twolves.aspx|access-date=2022-01-11|website=www.sportsbusinessjournal.com|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111135019/https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2019/02/28/Franchises/Twolves.aspx|url-status=live}} He founded Desports in 2004 and sold the sports marketing company in 2015,http://www.desports.com.cn/en/About/History.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606094555/http://www.desports.com.cn/en/About/History.aspx |date=2019-06-06 }} while staying in an executive position.{{Cite web|last=Devincenzi|first=Francesca|date=2017-06-23|title=Desports, tutto ciò che dovete sapere|url=https://www.parmapress24.it/2017/06/23/desports-cio-dovete-sapere/|access-date=2022-01-11|website=ParmaPress24|language=it-IT|archive-date=2022-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111140658/https://www.parmapress24.it/2017/06/23/desports-cio-dovete-sapere/|url-status=live}} In January 2017, he bought 90% of Chongqing Dangdai Lifan F.C.

He bought 60% of Parma Calcio 1913, having bought his stake in June 2017, but sold that entire stake to the Krause Group in 2020. He is also the investor of Portuguese football club Tondela.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-25 |title=Chinese owner of Granada, Jiang, goes missing in action leaving a pile of debt |url=https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2020/09/25/chinese-owner-granada-parma-jiang-goes-missing-action-leaving-pile-debt/ |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=Inside World Football |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928134629/https://www.insideworldfootball.com/2020/09/25/chinese-owner-granada-parma-jiang-goes-missing-action-leaving-pile-debt/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Omnisport |title=Behind Granada's rise - Unity, Andalusian grit and one of European football's great transfer gurus |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/behind-granada-s-rise-unity-andalusian-grit-and-one-of-european-football-s-great-transfer-gurus |access-date=2022-04-19 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |language=en-us |archive-date=2022-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220419145058/https://www.sportskeeda.com/football/behind-granada-s-rise-unity-andalusian-grit-and-one-of-european-football-s-great-transfer-gurus |url-status=live }}

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