Boston Red Sox majority owner John Henry has agreed to sell a roughly 11% stake in the team’s parent company to RedBird Capital Partners, Axios has confirmed with a source close to the situation. Separately, LeBron James has acquired around a 1% stake in the club, although without investing any new money.
It’s a massive return on investment for Henry, who in 2001 paid what was then a record $700 million for the Red Sox. This deal values its parent company, Fenway Sports Group, at around $7.3 billion.
RedBird originally was in talks to buy between 2o-25% of FSG via a SPAC, which included the involvement of longtime baseball exec Billy Beane. But that deal didn’t come together, due to difficulties in obtaining outside financing at a valuation asking price of around $8 billion.
Read more/Source: Yahoo Finance
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