Thomas "Tommy" O. Hicks Jr. is an American

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investor living in

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. He is the son of

Thomas Ollis Hicks, Sr. Thomas Ollis Hicks Sr. (born February 7, 1946), is an American private equity investor and sports team owner living in Dallas, Texas. ''Forbes'' magazine estimated Hicks' wealth at $1 billion in 2009, but it dropped to $700 million in 2010 ...

Hicks is the co-chair of the

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. Hicks is a Partner of

Hicks Holdings, LLC Hicks, also spelled Hickes, is a surname. See also Hix. Surname A (... Hicks) * Aaron Hicks (born 1989), American professional baseball center fielder * Adam Hicks (born 1992), American actor, rapper, singer, and songwriter * Akiem Hicks (born ...

and a Founding Partner of Scout SSG, LLC. He serves as a Director for

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. He has served on the board of directors for Carol's Daughters Holdings and Berkshire Resources, LLC. Hicks is Chairman of

America First Policies America First Policies is an organization created following the inauguration of Donald Trump in 2017 to promote the America First policy agenda of his administration. It was founded by Trump campaign people including Nick Ayers, Rick Gates, and ...

and previously served as National Finance Co-Chairman for Donald J. Trump for President. Hicks served with Donald Trump Jr. on the America First Super PAC with a reception honoring senior White House appointees and top Ambassadors supporting President Trump.

Personal life

Hicks graduated from the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

in 2001. He and his wife have three children. In 2010, Hicks resigned from the board of

Liverpool Football Club Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has p ...

after telling a fan to "blow me fuck face" in a heated email exchange over the club's transfer budget.

Allegations of awareness of Trump's Ukraine Pressure Campaign

The New York Times reported on January 15, 2020, that

Lev Parnas Lev Parnas (born February 6, 1972) is a Ukrainian-born American businessman and associate of Rudy Giuliani. Parnas, Giuliani, Igor Fruman, John Solomon, Yuriy Lutsenko, Dmytro Firtash and his allies, Victoria Toensing and Joe diGenova were in ...

stated that he "communicated regularly" with Hicks and

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, another Republican fund-raiser, about his (Parnas's) activities as part of Trump's "effort to win political advantage".

References

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