Tom Hicks

Tom Hicks
Co-owner and Chairman of Liverpool F.C.
In office
February 6, 2007 – October 15, 2010
Preceded byMoores family
Succeeded byJohn W. Henry
Personal details
Born
Thomas Ollis Hicks

(1946-02-07) February 7, 1946 (age 78)
Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Texas
University of Southern California

Thomas Ollis Hicks Sr. (born February 7, 1946), is an American private equity investor and sports team owner living in Dallas, Texas. Forbes magazine estimated Hicks' wealth at $1 billion in 2009, but it dropped to $700 million in 2010.[1][2] Hicks co-founded the investment firm, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, previously owned 50% of the English football club Liverpool F.C., and is chairman of Hicks Holdings LLC, which owns and operates Hicks Sports Group, the company that formerly owned the Texas Rangers, the Dallas Stars, and the Mesquite Championship Rodeo. In 2010, Hicks was forced to sell the Rangers and Liverpool to satisfy his creditors, and the Stars went into bankruptcy the following year.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "The World's Billionaires". Forbes.com. March 11, 2009. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Tom Hicks' Debt-Laden Sports Empire Devastated His Net Worth". Forbes.
  3. ^ Belson, Ken; Sandomir, Richard (October 21, 2010). "A Long Year for Thomas O. Hicks". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Report: Dallas Stars, Former Liverpool Owner Tom Hicks' Hockey Team, Plan to File for Bankruptcy". September 16, 2011.

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