The starring roles in the much-anticipated public offering of NetSuite belong to founder Evan Goldberg, president Zach Nelson and investor Larry Ellison.

But a behind-the-scenes player yields some insight into the corporate culture. Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland Athletics, joined the company’s board of directors in January.

English football teams are the latest craze for U.S. sports tycoons.

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, in the United Kingdom for the NFL game in London last weekend between the New York Giants and the Miami Dolphins, says he is interested in buying a Premier League soccer – oops, football – team. He already owns Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution.

“We looked seriously at Liverpool,” he told Sky Sports News on Thursday, unwilling to disclose which team he wants to buy. “We still do have an interest in playing in the Premier League. We’d like to close our deal and then talk about it.”