Linda Henry, the Boston Globe’s chief govt, has backed out of her possession stake within the NWSL’s enlargement workforce in Boston.
The announcement, which Henry shared to her Instagram story on Friday, comes because the workforce pushes towards its inaugural season in 2026. The divestment course of stays pending, with Henry informing the workforce of her plans to exit their group two months in the past.
“In December, I formally notified the Boston NWSL workforce 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 workforce in any approach.
“As an ardent supporter of girls’s sports activities, I fortunately joined as a restricted, passive investor when the group was forming. I stay very excited in regards to the development and future of girls’s sports activities in Boston and past.”
Henry is the CEO of Boston Globe Media, whose portfolio contains the Boston Globe. She co-owns the media firm together 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 enlargement workforce have 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 superstar buyers in actress Elizabeth Banks and Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman.
In a press release, the Boston NWSL workforce thanked Henry for her early curiosity within the membership.
“We need to thank Linda for her early funding into bringing skilled girls’s soccer again to Boston,” the assertion learn. “Our possession group continues to develop and we’re enthusiastic about what’s to come back as we kick off in 2026.”
The enlargement membership has confronted a string of setbacks because it inches towards its inaugural season. The workforce over its controversial advert marketing campaign launching the membership’s model identification, BOS Nation, and shortly after mentioned it’s contemplating a reputation change. In a number of weeks, the workforce is due in court docket to reply a residents’ lawsuit geared toward stopping the year-round industrial use of the historic White Stadium, the place the workforce plans to play in 2026.
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