In 2010, Tom Hicks was forced to sell the Rangers and Liverpool to satisfy his creditors, and the Stars went into bankruptcy the following year.
20 Facts About Tom Hicks
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The son of a Texas radio station owner, Tom Hicks was born in Port Arthur, Texas, and graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School, in Port Arthur, in 1964.
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Tom Hicks 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.
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Tom Hicks is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon social fraternity.
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Tom Hicks became interested in leveraged buyouts as a member of First National Bank of Dallas's venture capital group.
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Tom Hicks wanted to raise large pools to invest, while Haas preferred to work with investors deal by deal.
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Tom Hicks announced that he would leave the Tom Hicks Muse on March 8,2004, to spend more time with his family and his sports teams.
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Tom Hicks was a member of the political action committee for the 2008 presidential election campaign for former Republican Mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani.
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Tom Hicks contracted to purchase the National Hockey League franchise from Norman Green in December 1995.
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Tom Hicks played an instrumental role in the development and planning of American Airlines Center.
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In June 1998, Hicks bought the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball's American League from an investment group managed by George W Bush.
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Years later, Tom Hicks pointed to the blockbuster contract as "one of his biggest regrets".
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On January 23,2010, it was announced Tom Hicks had agreed to sell the Rangers to a group led by Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan.
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Tom Hicks would have been a minority share holder in the new ownership group.
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Tom Hicks has been sued by three different parties over the land adjacent to the stadium that was sold in a separate transaction as a part of the purchase by Greenberg and Ryan.
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Tom Hicks became extremely unpopular among Liverpool fans for his failure to deliver on the promise of a new stadium or on the promise that no debt would be placed onto the club and for his allegedly misleading statements about planned and past investment in players.
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On January 22,2008, a majority of Liverpool fans at the game between Liverpool and Aston Villa protested against Gillett and Tom Hicks' running of the club, urging the pair to sell their shares in Liverpool to Dubai International Capital.
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Tom Hicks claimed that he believed the club had tripled in value during his tenure, and boasted that he would be looking for a price of four times what he purchased his stake for.
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In October 2010, as part of a fans' campaign against the ownership, a video entitled Dear Mr Tom Hicks was released virally via YouTube.
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Tom Hicks was the 1996 co-chair of the Dallas Jewish Coalition for the Homeless "Vogel Alcove" project, and received the 2000 Henry Cohn Humanitarian Award from the Anti-Defamation League.