John Muse (businessman)

Last updated
John Muse
Born
Fort Worth, Texas, USA
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater United States Air Force Academy
UCLA
OccupationChairman of Lucchese Boot Company
SpouseLyn Muse

John Muse is an American businessman, polo player and philanthropist. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Contents

Early life

John Muse was born in Fort Worth, Texas. [10] He graduated from the United States Air Force Academy in 1973, where he played intercollegiate lacrosse, and received an M.B.A. from UCLA in 1974. [5] [6] [7] [8] [12]

Career

From 1980 to 1984, he served as Senior Vice President and a Director of Schneider, Bernet & Hickman in Dallas. [2] From 1984 to 1989, he directed the headed the investment banking activities of Prudential Securities for the Southwestern United States market. [2] [4] In 1989, he co-founded HM Capital Partners, a hedge fund, with Tom Hicks. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] He moved to London in 1998 to expand the hedge fund in the European market. [2] [5] [8] He is a member of the 21st Century Group and Senior Advisor of Gerken Capital Associates, two investment firms. [6] [8] [13]

He is Chairman of the Lucchese Boot Company, best known for selling cowboy boots. [1] [10] [14] He is also Chairman of the Board of Kainos Capital and Arena Brands. [2] He sits on the Board of Directors of Dean Foods, Swift and Co, two food corporations, and Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford, a reinsurance corporation. [1] [2] [3] [4] [6] [7] [8] He has served on the boards of Life Partners, the Regal Entertainment Group, International Home Foods, Burton's Biscuit Company, Viatel Holding Ltd., Sunrise Television Corporation, Premier Foods, EurotaxGlass International AG, Lion Capital LLP, and the Morningstar Group. [2]

Philanthropy

He serves on the board of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. [1] [2] [3] [7]

Polo

He learned to play polo at the Ascot Park Polo Club in Ascot, Berkshire, England in 2001. [10] [15] He sponsors the Lucchese Polo Team. [10] [11] [14] [15] Other players include Adolfo Cambiaso, Andres Weisz, Jason Crowder, Santiago Torres and Sebastian Merlos. [10] [11] [15]

Personal life

He is married to Lyn Muse, a UCLA alumnus and interior designer. [9] They have five children. [9] They live in a US$50 million mansion in Highland Park, Texas (a suburb of Dallas, Texas). [16] [17] The house was designed by British architect Quinlan Terry, and completed in 2001. It is built in the Neo-Palladian style.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kohlberg Kravis Roberts</span> American investment manager

KKR & Co. Inc., also known as Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., is an American global investment company that manages multiple alternative asset classes, including private equity, energy, infrastructure, real estate, credit, and, through its strategic partners, hedge funds. As of December 31, 2022, the firm had completed more than 690 private equity investments in portfolio companies with approximately $700 billion of total enterprise value. As of December 31, 2022, assets under management (AUM) and fee paying assets under management (FPAUM) were $504 billion and $412 billion, respectively.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tom Hicks</span> American private equity investor

Thomas Ollis Hicks Sr., 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 co-founded the investment firm, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, previously owned 50% of the English football club Liverpool F.C., and is chairman of Hicks Holdings LLC, which owns and operates Hicks Sports Group, the company that formerly owned the Texas Rangers, the Dallas Stars, and the Mesquite Championship Rodeo. In 2010, Hicks was forced to sell the Rangers and Liverpool to satisfy his creditors, and the Stars went into bankruptcy the following year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blackstone Inc.</span> American asset management company

Blackstone Inc. is an American alternative investment management company based in New York City. Blackstone's private equity business has been one of the largest investors in leveraged buyouts in the last three decades, while its real estate business has actively acquired commercial real estate. Blackstone is also active in credit, infrastructure, hedge funds, insurance, secondaries, and growth equity. As of Q3 2022, the company's total assets under management were approximately US$951 billion, making it the largest alternative investment firm globally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">T. Boone Pickens</span> American financier (1928–2019)

Thomas Boone Pickens Jr. was an American business magnate and financier. Pickens chaired the hedge fund BP Capital Management. He was a well-known takeover operator and corporate raider during the 1980s. As of November 2016, Pickens had a net worth of $500 million.

HM Capital Partners was a private equity firm in the United States that specialized in leveraged buyouts. The firm was previously known as Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst. It was founded in 1989 by Tom Hicks and John Muse as Hicks, Muse & Co. and was changed in 1994 to reflect the roles of Charles Tate and Jack Furst.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Del Monte Foods</span> North American food production and distribution company

Del Monte Foods Inc. is an American food production and distribution company headquartered in Walnut Creek, California. Del Monte Foods is one of the country's largest producers, distributors and marketer of branded processed food for the U.S. retail market, generating approximately $1.8 billion of annual sales. Its portfolio of brands includes Del Monte, S&W, Contadina, College Inn, Fruit Burst, Fruit Naturals, Orchard Select and SunFresh. Greg Longstreet is the current Chief Executive Officer of the Del Monte Foods. Several Del Monte products hold the number one or two market share position. The company also produces, distributes and markets private-label food.

Robert Muse Bass is an American billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He was the chairman of Aerion Corporation, an American aerospace firm in Reno, Nevada. In 2018 he had a net worth of $5 billion. Bass has served on the Texas Highway & Public Transportation Commission.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Terdema Ussery</span> American sports executive

Terdema Lamar Ussery II is a senior partner and general council for Verreaux Consulting Group. He is the former president and CEO of the National Basketball Association’s Dallas Mavericks. During that time, he also served as president of the Dallas Mavericks Foundation as well as an alternate governor for the Mavericks on the NBA Board of Governors. He is also interim general council for Buena Vista Visions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of private equity and venture capital</span> Aspect of history

The history of private equity and venture capital and the development of these asset classes has occurred through a series of boom-and-bust cycles since the middle of the 20th century. Within the broader private equity industry, two distinct sub-industries, leveraged buyouts and venture capital experienced growth along parallel, although interrelated tracks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Private equity in the 1980s</span> Aspect of history

Private equity in the 1980s relates to one of the major periods in the history of private equity and venture capital. Within the broader private equity industry, two distinct sub-industries, leveraged buyouts and venture capital experienced growth along parallel although interrelated tracks.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Private equity in the 2000s</span> Aspect of history

Private equity in the 2000s represents one of the major growth periods in the history of private equity and venture capital. Within the broader private equity industry, two distinct sub-industries, leveraged buyouts and venture capital expanded along parallel and interrelated tracks.

Scott K. Ginsburg is the owner of Boardwalk Auto Group. Ginsburg also serves on the board of directors of Sizmek Inc., a worldwide digital media company (SZMK) listed on the NASDAQ.

Francesco de Leo, Ph.D. is an Italian seasoned executive and one of the world's renown thought leaders in the field of Information and Communications Technology with a particular focus on issues relating to Green ICT. One of the Young Global Leaders at the World Economic Forum of 1999, he is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Kaufmann & Partners (K&P), a London-based advisory company focused on telco, media, and corporate finance. In his role as Chairman of K&P Francesco played a key role in supporting Cellnex Telecom in the acquisition of WIND’s tower business, a transaction valued at 690 Million Euros for a portfolio of 7,737 towers.

Charles M. "Chuck" Greenberg is an American sports attorney, chairman and founder of the Greenberg Sports Group, and owner of three minor league baseball teams. Greenberg was managing partner of Rangers Baseball Express, LLC, which on August 5, 2010, won court approval to purchase the Texas Rangers, a Major League Baseball team, from Tom Hicks and Hicks Sports Group. Greenberg served as Managing Partner and CEO of the Rangers from 2010 to 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Haas Wheat & Partners</span>

Haas Wheat & Partners is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyout transactions. The firm targets specialty middle-market manufacturing, distribution and service companies, particularly family-controlled companies and corporate spin-outs.

Robert Steven "Steve" Hicks is an American businessman, who is most closely associated with the radio business, pioneering the concept of local marketing agreement and was the Vice-Chairman of AMFM, Inc., a predecessor of radio station company Clear Channel Communications. He is currently chairman of the board of directors of medial medical products firm HealthTronics as well as the chairman of private investment firm Capstar Partners LLC, of which he is the principal owner. He is also currently serving on the University of Texas System Board of Regents.

Lyndon Lea is an English financier and investor, known for co-founding Lion Capital which specializes in making investments in the consumer sector. Notable previous and current consumer brands owned by Lion have included Weetabix, Jimmy Choo, Wagamama, Kettle Foods and AllSaints.

Philippe Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg, also known as "PVS", is a German businessman, residing in London, United Kingdom. He is the CEO and founder of Greenback Recycling Technologies, a plastic recycling and certification company.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lucchese Boot Company</span>

The Lucchese Bootmaker Company is a Texas-based, American manufacturer and retailer of luxury level western-inspired footwear and cowboy boots.

Joshua S. Friedman is an American businessman and co-founder of Los Angeles-based hedge fund Canyon Partners.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Forbes
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Bloomberg BusinessWeek
  3. 1 2 3 4 HM Capital Partners biography Archived 2012-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
  4. 1 2 3 4 Dean Foods Board of Directors
  5. 1 2 3 4 UCLA Anderson School of Management
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 21st Century Group Archived 2013-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "CGSC Board of Directors". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-01-26.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Gerken Capital Associates biography
  9. 1 2 3 4 Dallas County Community College District
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jennifer Evans, Riding High Archived 2011-11-05 at the Wayback Machine , lucchese.com
  11. 1 2 3 John Zant, Lucchese on Top Again, Santa Barbara Independent , September 4, 2011
  12. ↑ UCLA Anderson Continues Celebrating 75 Years of Business Beyond Usual, March 17, 2011
  13. ↑ Gerken Capital Associates team
  14. 1 2 UCLA
  15. 1 2 3 Lucchese Polo Team Archived 2013-03-19 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ Eric Nicholson, Business Partner Says Co-Founder of Tom Hicks' Private Equity Firm Screwed Him Over, Dallas Observer , August 28, 2012
  17. ↑ The 100 Most Expensive Homes in Dallas 2009 Archived 2013-02-27 at the Wayback Machine , D Magazine , June 22, 2009
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.