Linda Henry, the Boston Globe’s chief government, has backed out of her possession stake within the NWSL’s growth group in Boston.
The announcement, which Henry shared to her Instagram story on Friday, comes because the group pushes towards its inaugural season in 2026. The divestment course of stays pending, with Henry informing the group of her plans to exit their group two months in the past.
“In December, I formally notified the Boston NWSL group that I might be exiting the investor group,” Henry mentioned on Friday, . “We’re working collectively and count on to finish the method quickly, and I’ll then simply be a Boston fan, not a part of the BosNation group in any means.
“As an ardent supporter of ladies’s sports activities, I fortunately joined as a restricted, passive investor when the group was forming. I stay very excited in regards to the progress and future of ladies’s sports activities in Boston and past.”
Henry is the CEO of Boston Globe Media, whose portfolio consists of the Boston Globe. She co-owns the media firm along with her husband, John Henry, who can be the principal proprietor of Fenway Sports activities Group, which has controlling stakes within the Boston Purple Sox, the Pittsburgh Penguins and Liverpool FC within the English Premier League.
The monetary phrases of Henry’s funding within the growth group had been by no means disclosed. Henry was thought-about a minority, non-controlling investor within the membership.
The possession group is led by an all-female group that features Boston Celtics minority proprietor Jennifer Epstein, Stephanie Connaughton, Ami Danoff and Anna Palmer. The membership additionally has a pair of movie star buyers in actress Elizabeth Banks and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman.
In an announcement, the Boston NWSL group thanked Henry for her early curiosity within the membership.
“We need to thank Linda for her early funding into bringing skilled ladies’s soccer again to Boston,” the assertion learn. “Our possession group continues to develop and we’re enthusiastic about what’s to return as we kick off in 2026.”
The growth membership has confronted a string of setbacks because it inches towards its inaugural season. The group over its controversial advert marketing campaign launching the membership’s model id, BOS Nation, and shortly after mentioned it’s contemplating a reputation change. In a number of weeks, the group is due in courtroom to reply a residents’ lawsuit aimed toward stopping the year-round business use of the historic White Stadium, the place the group plans to play in 2026.
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