{{Short description|Russian businessman}} {{Infobox person | name = Maxim Demin | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Businessman, owner of AFC Bournemouth<br> 2011–2022 | parents = | website = }}

'''Maxim Victorovich Demin''' (born October 1969)<ref>{{cite web|title=Sky Sports|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11743/9827260/who-is-afc-bournemouths-russian-owner-maxim-demin|access-date=6 December 2016}}</ref> is a Russian-born British businessman. In 2011, Demin became co-owner of then Football League side AFC Bournemouth with Eddie Mitchell, reportedly paying £850,000 for his share of the club.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.footballeconomy.com/content/russian-co-owner-cherries | title=Russian co-owner for Cherries | publisher=www.footballeconomy.com | date=10 November 2011 | access-date=25 July 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321215755/http://footballeconomy.com/content/russian-co-owner-cherries | archive-date=21 March 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Subsequently in 2015 the club were promoted to the Premier League.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/32315677 BBC Sport – Bournemouth promotion: Bucket collections to Premier League<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> In 2015, he sold a 25% share in the club to Peak 6 Investments.<ref>Wilson, Jeremy. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/bournemouth/11984687/AFC-Bournemouth-owner-Maxim-Demin-sells-25-per-cent-stake-to-US-private-equity-firm.html "AFC Bournemouth owner Maxim Demin sells 25 per cent stake to US private equity firm"], ''The Telegraph'', 9 November 2015. Accessed 12 January 2016.</ref> In 2019, he repurchased the 25% share in the club to become the sole shareholder.<ref>Hellier, David.[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-19/peak6-takes-stake-in-u-k-soccer-team-wolverhampton-wanderers "U.S. Investor Takes Stake in U.K.’s Wolverhampton Wanderers FC"], ''Bloomberg'', 18 October 2021. Accessed 8 August 2022.</ref> In December 2022, Demin sold his 100% stake as AFC Bournemouth owner to Black Knight Football Club, with its Managing General Partner, Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley, becoming the new chairman of the club, ending Demin's 11 year association with AFC Bournemouth.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/a-message-from-maxim-demin/ | title= A MESSAGE FROM MAXIM DEMIN }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/afc-bournemouth-acquired-by-bill-foley-led-partnership/| title= AFC BOURNEMOUTH ACQUIRED BY BILL FOLEY-LED PARTNERSHIP }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/bill-foley-a-letter-to-supporters/ | title= BILL FOLEY: A LETTER TO SUPPORTERS }}</ref> Demin is also noted as one of the beneficiaries of the NK Celje football club, Slovenia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Golovin |first=Alexandr |date=Aug 30, 2023 |title=He is creating a second Red Bull empire. The mysterious history of the Russian club in Slovenia |url=https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/golovin/3184626.html}}</ref>

Demin has been involved in the petrochemicals industry and as a trader.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/15652339 | title=Russian businessman Maxim Demin completes Bournemouth deal | publisher=BBC Sport | date=9 November 2011 | access-date=25 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/demin-funds-redesign-to-make-lowly-bournemouth-fashionable-6710400.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/football-league/demin-funds-redesign-to-make-lowly-bournemouth-fashionable-6710400.html |archive-date=2022-05-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Demin funds redesign to make lowly Bournemouth fashionable | work=The Independent | date=11 February 2011 | access-date=25 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/10370335.Cherries__Mitchell_highlights_importance_of_co_owner_Demin/ | title=Cherries: Mitchell highlights importance of co-owner Demin | publisher=Bournemouth Echo | date=22 April 2013 | access-date=25 July 2013 | author=Perrett, Neil}}</ref> Demin was not targeted for sanctions by the UK government in response to Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine. This is because he had become a UK citizen.<ref>Rose, Dan.[https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/19967972.parker-i-nothing-full-support-maxim-since-here/ "Parker: 'I have had nothing but full support from Maxim since I have been here'"], ''Bournemouth Daily Echo'', 3 March 2022. Accessed 8 August 2022.</ref>

==Property== Demin spent £5 million on a mansion in Sandbanks (Dorset), having bought a 50% interest in the nearby professional football club, AFC Bournemouth.<ref>Bishop, Katrina. [https://www.cnbc.com/2013/09/26/sandbanks-russian-snap-up-luxury-dorset-mansions.html "Rich Russians lured to ‘Britain’s Palm Beach’"], ''CNBC'', 26 September 2013. Accessed 12 January 2016.</ref>

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