Tom Hicks
Tom Hicks | |
|---|---|
Hicks in 2018 | |
| Co-owner and Chairman of Liverpool F.C. | |
| In office February 6, 2007 – October 15, 2010 Serving with George N. Gillett Jr. | |
| Preceded by | Moores family |
| Succeeded by | John W. Henry |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thomas Ollis Hicks February 7, 1946 Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 6, 2025 (aged 79) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin (BS) University of Southern California (MBA) |
Thomas Ollis Hicks Sr. (February 7, 1946 – December 6, 2025) was an American private equity investor and sports team owner who was based in Dallas, Texas. Forbes magazine estimated Hicks's wealth at $1 billion in 2009, but it dropped to $700 million in 2010.
Hicks co-founded the investment firm, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, previously owned 50% of the English football club Liverpool F.C., and was chairman of Hicks Holdings LLC, which owns and operates Hicks Sports Group, the company that formerly owned the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball, the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League, and the Mesquite Championship Rodeo. In 2010, Hicks sold the Rangers and Liverpool to satisfy his creditors, and the Stars went into bankruptcy the following year.