Thomas Ollis Hicks, Sr. (born 1946 in Dallas, Texas), is a American businessman living in Dallas, Texas. According to Forbes Magazine 2009, Hicks has an estimated wealth of USD1 billion.
Hicks co-founded the investment firm, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, and is chairman of Hicks Holdings LLC, which owns and operates Hicks Sports Group, the company that owns the Texas Rangers, the Dallas Stars, Mesquite Championship Rodeo and also owns fifty percent ...
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Thomas Ollis Hicks, Sr. (born 1946 in Dallas, Texas), is a American businessman living in Dallas, Texas. According to Forbes Magazine 2009, Hicks has an estimated wealth of USD1 billion.
Hicks co-founded the investment firm, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, and is chairman of Hicks Holdings LLC, which owns and operates Hicks Sports Group, the company that owns the Texas Rangers, the Dallas Stars, Mesquite Championship Rodeo and also owns fifty percent of the English football club Liverpool FC.
The son of a Texas radio station owner, Hicks graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, in Port Arthur, Texas in 1964. Hicks was a brother of Sigma Phi Epsilon, received his Bachelor's degree in Finance from the University of Texas in 1968, and received his MBA from the University of Southern California in 1970.
Hicks became interested in leveraged buyouts as a member of First National Bank of Austin's venture capital group. Hicks and Robert Haas formed Hicks & Haas in 1984; the next year that...
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