Ellis Short Biography
Ellis Short is an Irish-American Businessman and Entrepreneur, who was born and brought up in Independence, Missouri, United States of America. He is the founder and owner of Kildare Partners, a private equity fund investing in distressed European real estate assets in London. He was the owner and chairman of English football club Sunderland A.F.C. for 10 years, from September 2008 to April 2018. He paid for Skibo Castle £23 million, which operates as a members-only hotel and country club in Scotland.