(born July 22, 1936) is an American billionaire businessman.
He is chairman of the McLane Group, a holding company with a portfolio of various diverse enterprises.
He was, until 1990, the CEO of the McLane Company, a grocery and food service warehouse, supply, and logistics firm, and was, from 1993 until 2011, the chairman and CEO of Major League Baseball's Houston Astros.
On the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans, he was ranked #324 in 2015 with an estimated net worth of $2 billion.