Red McCombs

Billy Joe "Red" McCombs (19 ga Oktoba, 1927 – 19 ga Fabrairu, 2023) ɗan kasuwa ne ɗan Amurka. Shi ne wanda ya kafa Red McCombs Automotive Group a San Antonio, Texas, wanda ya kafa Clear Channel Communications, tsohon shugaban Constellis Group, wanda ya taɓa mallakar San Antonio Spurs, San Antonio Force, Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Vikings, kuma sunan Makarantar Kasuwanci ta McCombs a Jami'ar Texas da ke Austin .

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi McCombs a ƙauyen Spur a gundumar Dickens da ke Yammacin Texas, Amurka. [1] Laƙabinsa "Ja" ya fito ne daga launin gashinsa. [2] Mahaifinsa makaniki ne wanda ke samun dala $25 a kowane mako amma yana biyan zakka ta Cocin Baptist na Farko na Spur kowace mako. McCombs ya tuna da ganin iyayensa "suna rabawa da waɗanda ke da ƙarancin kuɗi, kuma farin cikin bayarwa bai taɓa daina ba ni mamaki ba."

Aikin kasuwanci

Makarantar Kasuwanci ta McCombs

A shekarar 1958, McCombs da abokin aikinsa mai sayar da kaya, Austin Hemphill, suka ƙaura zuwa San Antonio don ƙirƙirar Hemphill-McCombs Ford, wanda shine tushen abin da a ƙarshe ya zama Red McCombs Automotive Group . McCombs ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban amintattun Jami'ar Southwestern kuma shugaban Cibiyar Ciwon daji ta Anderson ta Jami'ar Texas da ke Houston. Sha'awarsa ta musamman ga MD Anderson ta ƙaru a shekarar 1986, lokacin da ya ziyarci wani abokinsa da ke mutuwa yana jinya a can. Ya bayyana yadda alherin kowane ma'aikaci da ya haɗu da shi a asibiti ya shawo kansa. Ya gano cewa ma'aikatan an horar da su don ba da tausayi da ta'aziyya ga duk wanda ya zo ta ƙofar. Ya shiga hukumar Anderson kuma a shekarar 2005 ya ba da gudummawar dala miliyan 30 ga asibitin. An sake wa makarantar kasuwanci ta Jami'ar Texas da ke Austin suna Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Red McCombs don girmama gudummawar dala miliyan 50 da ya bayar ga cibiyar. Dala miliyan 50 ɗin ta samar da dala miliyan 100 a cikin kuɗaɗen da suka dace don sabbin mukamai na malamai, ƙungiyoyin haɗin gwiwa, da tallafin karatu.

Shi ne shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa na Kwalejin .

A shekarar 2017, McCombs ya shigar da ƙarar dala miliyan 1 ga tsoffin shugabanninsa guda bakwai waɗanda ya yi zargin sun karɓi "sirrin ciniki" daga kamfanin McCombs don fara wani kamfani mai gogayya a Houston, F4 Resources. Wadanda ake ƙara a ƙarar sun haɗa da William "Bill" Forney Jr., wanda ya yi aiki da McCombs tsawon shekaru arba'in da huɗu, tsohon babban jami'in kuɗi Ricky Halkin, mataimakin shugaban ayyuka Larry Wyont, mataimakin shugaban ƙasa Charles Forney, da mataimakin shugaban ƙasa, Philip Forney. McCombs ya kafa McCombs Energy a Houston a shekarar 1998 ta hanyar haɗa kashi 50 cikin 100 na ribar da ya samu a haɗin gwiwarsa da William Forney da wasu kadarorin da aka saya daga Forney. McCombs ya yi iƙirarin cewa tsoffin abokan aikinsa, duk da haka, sun rage yawan kuɗin da ya kamata a biya shi daga jarinsa. McCombs ya ce tsoffin shugabannin sun wargaza dangantakar sirri ta tsawon shekaru arba'in. [ yana buƙatar sabuntawa ]

Mallakar wasanni

McCombs ya danganta gina filin wasa na HemisFair a matsayin muhimmin ci gaba ga nasarar San Antonio Spurs . Ya tuntubi Lee Iacocca, shugaban kamfanin motocin Ford a lokacin, don neman tallafin filin wasan don yin rubutu da bikin baje kolin duniya na 1968. Da farko, Iacocca ya bayar da dala 250,000 kacal don siyan wani abu na fasaha, kuma ya tsawata wa McCombs kuma ya yi wa San Antonio ba'a a matsayin "ƙaramin garinku mai ƙura a can [ba tare da] wani muhimmin siyasa ko tattalin arziki ga Kamfanin Motocin Ford ba." McCombs ya dage ya nemi Shugaban Amurka Lyndon B. Johnson ya tuntuɓi Henry Ford II, kuma a ci gaba da musayar ra'ayi har ma ya gaya wa Iacocca cewa Ford yana buƙatar inganta ingancin motocinsa na 1968. McCombs sun gano wasu masu zuba jari, kuma Dallas Chaparrals sun zo San Antonio shekaru biyar bayan haka a 1973. McCombs sun fahimci muhimmancin talabijin ga wasannin motsa jiki kuma sun ga damar kawo San Antonio zuwa wani mataki na ƙasa. A ƙarƙashin gwamnatin McCombs, Spurs ta sami tauraronta na farko a cikin George Gervin, mai suna "The Iceman", wanda aka ɗauke shi daga Virginia Squires .

Shekaru biyu bayan ya ɗauki Spurs zuwa NBA, McCombs ya sayar da hannun jarinsa a Spurs ya kuma sayi wata tsohuwar ƙungiyar ABA, Denver Nuggets . Ya riƙe ƙungiyar daga 1978 har zuwa 1985, lokacin da ya sayar da ita ga Sidney Shlenker . Daga nan ya sayi Spurs a 1989 kuma ya sarrafa su har sai da ya sayar da su a 1993. A 1998, McCombs ya sayi Minnesota Vikings akan dala miliyan 250. Bayan yunƙurin da bai yi nasara ba na maye gurbin Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, McCombs ya sayar da ƙungiyar ga sabon mai shi (kuma na yanzu) Zygi Wilf kafin kakar wasa ta NFL ta 2005. McCombs ya kuma shiga cikin tsere da kiwo mai kyau tsawon shekaru da yawa a matsayin babban abokin tarayya a Walmac Farm, wata babbar gonar kiwo ta Amurka, a Lexington, Kentucky ].

McCombs yana ɗaya daga cikin masu zuba jari na farko a yankin Amurka . A watan Disamba na 2020 ya sami nasa kusurwar mai suna 'Big Red'.

Takaddama

McCombs ya mallaki wani fili da ke kewaye da Dajin Ƙasa kusa da yankin Wolf Creek na wasan kankara, wani wurin shakatawa a kudancin Colorado mallakar iyalan Pitcher. McCombs ya daɗe yana son gina al'ummar wurin shakatawa a kan kadarorinsa, shirin da ya jawo adawa da ƙara daga masu fafutukar kare muhalli da al'ummomin da ke kewaye da shi. McCombs bai yi nasara ba a ƙoƙarinsa na shawo kan kotun ta cire wani babban shinge da ke hana shi ci gaban da ya tsara. Daga nan McCombs ya yi ƙoƙarin gina 50,000 acres (200 km²) wurin shakatawa na gidan caca a Navajo Canyon a kan tafkin Powell . Reshen Navajo na yankin, jami'an gwamnatin ƙananan hukumomi, duk sun yi watsi da shawarar gidan caca da duk wani aiki da McCombs suka yi.

A shekarar 2013, Kotun Koli ta Amurka ta same McCombs da laifin yin wata mu'amala ta guje wa haraji ta bogi, don haka tana da alhakin hukuncin rashin bayyana gaskiya game da kimar.

McCombs ya soki yadda Jami'ar Texas ta ɗauki Charlie Strong a matsayin kocin ƙwallon ƙafa a shekarar 2014. Ya bayyana Strong a matsayin "babban kocin matsayi ... ba daidai yake da sauran 'yan takara ba." Bayan kwana uku ya nemi afuwa kuma ya yi alƙawarin "goyon baya gaba ɗaya" ga Strong.

Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa

McCombs ya kasance mai maye, wanda zai iya "maganin shan giyarsa ta hanyar zamantakewa" har zuwa shekara 48, lokacin da ya sha wahala da bugun zuciya, sai ya yi sumar kansa ta kwana biyar a wani asibiti da ke Houston . McCombs ya ce a cikin wata hira da aka yi da shi a Kirsimeti 2016, " Allah ya yi min alheri kuma saboda duk wani dalili yana so in rayu, domin na mutu sosai lokacin da na tafi a 1975 don zuwa Houston a cikin wannan jirgin likita. Sun gaya wa Charline, 'Ku ci gaba da yin shiri domin muna rasa shi.'" McCombs ya ce ya warke kuma bai sake yin sha'awar barasa ba.

Gidauniyar McCombs ta bayar da gudummawar sama da dala miliyan 118 ga agaji. 'Ya'yansa mata ne ke gudanar da ita, waɗanda ke aiki don rage yawan kuɗin da ake kashewa. Gidauniyar tana ba da ƙananan gudummawa, kamar dala 1,000 ga Mothers Against Drunk Driving, waɗanda ba a cika samun tallatawa ba. McCombs ya ce shi babban mai ba da gudummawa ne ga ayyukan agaji saboda "yana sa ni jin daɗi sosai game da yin hakan."

McCombs ya auri Charline Hamblin daga shekarar 1950 har zuwa rasuwarta a ranar 12 ga Disamba, 2019. McCombs ya mutu a gidansa da ke San Antonio a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu, 2023, yana da shekaru 95.