John Henry

John William Henry II is an American businessman and investor and the founder of John W. Henry & Company, an investment management firm. He is the principal owner of Liverpool Football Club, the Boston Red Sox, The Boston Globe, and co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing.

  • After acquiring a fortune in the early 1980s from his trading firm J.W. Henry & Co., John Henry started building a sports empire.
  • Henry and his partner Tom Werner bought the Boston Red Sox in 2002 for $380 million and delivered the Sox’ first World Series win in 86 years in 2004.
  • Their Fenway Sports Group holds the majority stake in New England Sports Network and Nascar’s Roush Fenway Racing.
  • Henry also has a stake in Premier League soccer team Liverpool, which won the Champions League in June 2019.
  • He bought the Boston Globe in 2013 for $70 million and in 2017 moved the 145-year-old newspaper back to downtown Boston where it was first founded.

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