Cubs Owner Co-Hosting Donald Trump Inauguration Reception
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Todd Ricketts, the son of Chicago Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and a member of the team’s board of directors, is co-hosting an Inauguration Day reception in Washington, D.C.
Ricketts is co-hosting the event with his wife, Sylvie Légère, billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Dallas Mavericks owner Miriam Adelson, and Houston Rockets owner Tilman Fertitta.
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Although he co-owns the Cubs, Todd Ricketts is more visible in political circles than sports circles. He is the former Republican National Committee finance chairman, and Trump’s former nominee for Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
“The incredible job he and the Ricketts family did in the purchase and turnaround of the Chicago Cubs — one perfect step after another, leading to the World Championship, is what I want representing our people,” Trump said in a statement announcing the nomination in Nov. 2016. “I am very proud to have him on our team.”
Ricketts later withdrew himself from consideration for the post in April 2017 citing the inability to divest his financial holdings to the satisfaction of the Office of Government Ethics.
BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, NJ – NOVEMBER 19: President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with Todd Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey…. BEDMINSTER TOWNSHIP, NJ – NOVEMBER 19: President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with Todd Ricketts, co-owner of the Chicago Cubs, after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Trump and his transition team are in the process of filling cabinet and other high level positions for the new administration. Ricketts is co-hosting an Inauguration Day party for Trump.
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Ricketts, the son of TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, has been involved in running the Cubs since his family purchased the team in 2009. Seven years later, the Cubs ended baseball’s longest World Series drought by winning their first championship since 1908.
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