Who is John Henry?
John Henry was born in September 1949. He is married to Linda Henry. He was 2 children (Sienna Henry and Sara Henry) is the founder of John W Henry & Company, a commodity trading advisor. The company used a ‘mechanical trend following method’ for managing a futures trading account.
Although very successful for a long time, the company’s performance began to slow down. And in 2012 the company stopped managing other clients’ assets. But continued to do the trading for its own account. He is the owner of the yacht Elysian. Before purchasing the Lurssen he owned the 164 ft (50 meter) Feadship Iroquois. The Feadship was sold in 2013, asking US$ 20 million.
Boston Red Sox
In 2002 Henry purchased the American professional baseball team Boston Red Sox. He bought the team together with business partner Tom Werner. Through his New England Sports Ventures. Now named the Fenway Sports Group.
The Boston Red Sox are a member of the Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. The Red Sox have won three World Series. And are considered as one of the most successful MLB teams of the last decade.
The value of the Boston Red Sox is estimated at US$ 2.5 billion.
Fenway Sports Group
Through Fenway Sports Group, Henry owns the Premier League football club, FC Liverpool. The team made it into the 2018 Champions League finale. Jurgen Klopp is the manager of Liverpool Football Club.
He also owns the Roush Fenway Nascar Team and Fenway Park Baseball Stadium (home of the Red Sox). And the Anfield Soccer Stadium home of Liverpool FC.
He also owns Roush Fenway Racing, a professional stock car racing team. And Henry owns 80 % of the shares of the New England Sports Network.
John Henry Net Worth
He has a net worth of $3.5 billion.
Resources
http://www.forbes.com/profile/johnhenry/
http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/
http://fenwaysportsgroup.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JohnWHenry
https://twitter.com/johnwhenry
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