John William Henry II (born September 13, 1949) is an American businessman and investor and the founder of John W. Henry & Company, an investment management firm. He is the principal owner of The Boston Globe, the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Football Club and co-owner of Roush Fenway Racing. In March 2006, Boston Magazine estimated Henry 's net worth at $ 1.1 billion but noted that his company had recently experienced difficulties. In November 2012, the company announced that it would stop managing clients ' money by the end of the year, and Henry confirmed that total assets under the firm 's management had fallen from $2.5 billion in 2006 to less than $100 million as of late 2012. As of July 2017, Forbes estimated his net worth to be $2.6 billion.
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John William Henry II