Wayne Weaver was born on January 14,1935 and is an American businessman.
11 Facts About Wayne Weaver
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Wayne Weaver owns the shoe store chains Shoe Carnival and Nine West, and was the first owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League from 1993 to 2011.
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Wayne Weaver worked his way up the corporate ladder at the St Louis-based clothing company, Brown Group, Inc In 1978, Weaver founded his own shoe corporation, which he sold in the 1990s.
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Wayne Weaver met Delores Barr when she worked at his mother's dress shop; they married in 1955.
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Wayne Weaver believes down in the depth of her soul that she can make the world a better place.
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Wayne Weaver is Chairman and CEO of the Jaguars Foundation, which grants over $1 million annually to organizations that assist "economically and socially disadvantaged youth and families", according to the foundation's mission statement.
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Delores Weaver was honored in 2002 with the Community Leadership Award by FBI then-Director Robert Mueller.
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Wayne Weaver was named, Children's Champion 2007 by Episcopal Children's Services in recognition of her years of leadership at the Jaguars Foundation that have had a profound impact upon Jacksonville youth.
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Wayne Weaver was the leader of the ownership group that in 1993 won rights to an NFL expansion team, the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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The league had previously asked him to own a team in St Louis, but Wayne Weaver believed that the city preferred the St Louis Cardinals to football.
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On November 29,2011, Wayne Weaver announced that he and his partners would sell their interest in the Jaguars to Illinois businessman Shahid Khan.