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Thomas S. Ricketts
Thomas S. "Tom" Ricketts is the owner of the Chicago Cubs, and the chief executive officer of Incapital LLC, a Chicago investment bank that packages corporate bonds for retail investors. He is also a director of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation as well as the son of Ameritrade founder J. Joseph Ricketts. ''Forbes'' estimate of the Ricketts' family wealth ($1 Billion), consolidated under J. Joseph Ricketts name, placed them at #371/ 400 on the Forbes 400 list.
In January 2009, a Ricketts family bid led by Thomas Ricketts was chosen as the winning bidder for the Chicago Cubs. The bid was estimated to total around $900 million for the team and related assets. The sale was approved unanimously by the owners of the other 29 Major League Baseball teams that October. Ricketts was introduced as the chairman of the Cubs on October 31, 2009. The transaction closed in late October 2009. All four siblings (Pete, Tom, Laura, and Todd) and both parents share interest in the team through their family trust.
==Biography==
Tom Ricketts and his three siblings were raised Roman Catholic in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, J. Joseph Ricketts, founded Ameritrade when Tom was 8 years old. The Ricketts' childhood is described ''(whom? )'' as normal middle class, with their father working 80 hour weeks and worrying about paying bills. Ricketts senior let it be known that he wanted his children to establish themselves through their own hard work and would not be allowed to join TD Ameritrade until they reached the age of 30.〔 〕
Tom Ricketts is the oldest of four children. His younger brother J. Peter Ricketts, who lives in Omaha, is the 40th and current Governor of Nebraska and was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the 2006 U.S. Senate race in Nebraska.〔 Younger sister Laura Ricketts, a lawyer, developed and runs Ecotravel.com and serves on the board of directors of Lambda Legal. Laura, Todd Ricketts, Tom Ricketts and his wife Cecelia and their five children all live in Wilmette, Illinois.
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