John J. Sherman (born April 12, 1955) is an American businessman. He is the majority owner of the

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(MLB). John Sherman is the founder and past chairman and CEO of Inergy, L.P.

Biography

Sherman graduated from

Ottawa University Ottawa University (OU) is a private Baptist university with its main campus in Ottawa, Kansas, a second residential campus in Surprise, Arizona, and adult campuses in the Kansas City, Phoenix and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. It was founded in ...

. He founded LPG Services Group, which later merged with

Dynegy Dynegy Inc. is an electric company based in Houston, Texas, in the United States. It owns and operates a number of power stations in the U.S., all of which are natural gas-fueled or coal-fueled. Dynegy was acquired by Vistra Corp on April 9, 2 ...

. In 1996, Sherman founded Inergy. It merged with Crestwood Holdings in 2013. Sherman bought a minority share of the

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in 2016, and became their vice chairman. On August 30, 2019,

owner

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announced his intention to sell the franchise to Sherman at a reported price of over $1 billion. MLB and its owners approved the purchase on November 21.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sherman, John Living people American expatriates in Canada American energy industry businesspeople Baseball people from Missouri Businesspeople from Missouri Cleveland Indians owners Kansas City Royals owners Ottawa University alumni People from Kansas City, Missouri 1955 births