DALLAS — Tom Hicks, the Texas businessman and philanthropist who owned two Dallas-area skilled sports activities franchises and an English Premier League soccer workforce, died Saturday. He was 79.
Spokesperson Lisa LeMaster mentioned in assertion that Hicks died peacefully in Dallas surrounded by household.
Hicks owned the NHL’s Dallas Stars from 1995–2011, profitable the Stanley Cup in 1999.
He additionally owned baseball’s Texas Rangers from 1998–2010, main them to 3 American West Division titles and a World Sequence look.
In 2007, he acquired a 50% stake in Liverpool.
“Being shoulder to shoulder with him was all the time about greater than ballparks and stadiums, although,” Dallas Cowboys proprietor Jerry Jones mentioned in an announcement. “It was about private respect, belief and friendship. We shared a whole lot of miles collectively, and I’ll miss him enormously. My coronary heart goes out to his household.”
Hicks co-founded Hicks & Haas in 1984 and helped reshape personal fairness and investing technique. He served on the College of Texas’s Board of Regents from 1994 to 1999.
“Tom Hicks was an modern businessman and a pioneer in personal fairness,” fellow Texas businessman Ross Perot Jr. mentioned in an announcement. “He mixed his dedication to enterprise and sports activities by means of his possession of the Stars and the Rangers.”
Hicks is survived by his spouse of 35 years, Cinda Cree Hicks, and his six youngsters — Thomas Ollis Hicks Jr., Mack Hardin Hicks, John Alexander Hicks, Robert Bradley Hicks, William Cree Hicks and Catherine Forgrave Hicks.
His youngsters launched a joint assertion, saying:
“Of the whole lot he completed in his exceptional life, Tom Hicks’s most cherished title was, ‘Dad.’ Regardless of the trials and tribulations he confronted in life, he was fixed in his generosity and love for his household. He stays a guiding drive for our household, and we’re deeply honored to proceed increasing his legacy. Though we’re devastated by this loss, we’re profoundly grateful to have been his youngsters.”
