Thomas Hicks , is a Dallas businessman. According to Forbes Magazine 2007, Tom Hicks has an estimated wealth of $1.3 billion USD.

Hicks co-founded the investment firm, Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst, and is chairman of Hicks Inc, which owns and operates Southwest Sports Group, the company that owns the Texas Rangers, the Dallas Stars, Mesquite Championship Rodeo and also owns fifty percent of the English football team Liverpool FC.