About Jim Crane
- Jim Crane led an investment group that paid $615 million in 2011 for MLB's Houston Astros and a minority stake in a regional sports network.
- The value of the team has quadrupled since Crane's acquisition. Crane owns an estimated 40% stake.
- Crane pocketed more than $300 million when he sold his freight logistics firm Eagle Global Logistics to Apollo Global Management in 2007.
- Crane launched another logistics business, Crane Worldwide, in 2008; annual revenue is more than $900 million.
- Crane owns the Floridian National Golf Club, whose members include former presidents Barack Obama and George Bush.
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