Thomas Hicks Sr. is a businessman from Dallas, Texas who received his BBA from the University of Texas in 1968 and his MBA from the University of Southern California in 1970. He co-founded several private equity firms including Hicks & Haas in 1984, Hicks, Muse, Tate, and Furst in 1989, and his current firm Hicks Holdings in 2004. Hicks Holdings specializes in buyouts of sports teams, real estate, manufacturing, oil and gas companies. Hicks previously owned several professional sports teams but had difficulties with the ownership and filed for bankruptcy with the Texas Rangers. He is currently in the process of selling the Dallas Stars hockey team.

1. Tom Hicks
By: Justin Gilley

2. Background
• Full name= Thomas Ollis Hicks Sr.
• Son of Texas radio station owner, John Hicks
• Born in Dallas, Texas and graduated from
Thomas Jefferson High School in Port Arthur in
1964

3. Colleges
• Received MBA from University of Southern
California in 1970
• Received BBA from University of Texas in 1968
• Recipient of the University of Texas
Distinguished Alumnus Award

4. Prior Work
• 1984 Hicks joined with Robert Haas to form Hicks
& Haas, a multi billion dollar firm
• They split up in 1989, and Hicks co-founded Hicks,
Muse, Tate, and Furst. A firm that raised
$250million with investments in life insurance.
• Hicks & Muse separated and formed own firm in
1991, which Hicks served as chairman from 1991-
2004.
• Hicks & Muse shut down in 2004 so Hicks could
spend more time with his family and focus on his
sports teams

5. Where do They work now?
• He currently owns and is the chairman of
Hicks Holdings

6. Info about company
• Hicks Holdings LLC is a private equity firm
specializing in buyouts. The firm prefers to
invest in sports teams, real estate assets,
manufacturing, oil, and gas sectors. The firm
seeks to invest through special purpose
acquisition companies (SPAC). It prefers to
invest in real estate in Argentina

7. What have they done?
• He has not done well with his sports
ownership of his professional teams.
• He failed at sports ownership so he went back
into owning a firm. Hicks Holdings

8. Sports trouble
• He used to own Corinthians (Brazilian
football), Dallas Stars (hockey), Liverpool
(soccer), and Texas Rangers (baseball)
• The Rangers declared bankruptcy, he is in the
process of selling the Stars, he no longer owns
Liverpool or Corinthians.

9. Citations
• www.google.com
• www.bing.com
• www.wikipedia.org
• www.businessweek.com