Thomas O. Hicks

Beneficient Appoints PE Pioneer as Chairman and Former Chief Legal Officer as Interim CEO

by | Jul 22, 2025
Beneficient—a tech-enabled platform that provides exit opportunities and primary capital solutions and related trust and custody services to holders of alternative assets—has appointed Texas Business Hall of Famer Thomas O. Hicks as chairman and James G. Silk as interim CEO.
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Local Business Legend Thomas O. Hicks To Join the Ranks of the Texas Business Hall of Fame
by | Sep 29, 2022
A leader in the local private equity and sports business space, Thomas O. Hicks will be inducted at a ceremony put on by the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation in early November, joining others from Houston and Austin. The former owner of the Dallas Stars and Texas Rangers, Hicks currently serves as the founder, chairman, and partner of local family office Hicks Holdings and as a senior partner and director at Dallas' The Beneficient Company Group. Hicks will join other local business legends like Mark Cuban and Ross Perot, Jr. in the Texas Business Hall of Fame, which has been inducting new members since 1983.
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