The Dallas-to-Houston bullet train, if it ever gets built, could look like the “Shinkansen” in Japan.
The Dallas-to-Houston bullet train, if it ever gets built, could look like the “Shinkansen” in Japan.
The Dallas-to-Houston bullet train, if it ever gets built, could look like the “Shinkansen” in Japan.
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Local CEO, university board member and author — those are just some of the ways to describe Fort Worth businessman John Kleinheinz. Another descriptor was recently added to the list: the lead backer of the Dallas-to-Houston bullet train project.
It was revealed during an April 3 meeting of the state legislature’s House Transportation Committee that he had bought out the lead Japanese investors in the high-speed rail project In January.
So who exactly is Kleinheinz?
He serves as president and CEO of Kleinheinz Capital Partners Inc., which he founded in 1996. He’s also an investment advisor for Global Undervalued Securities Fund, a fund which at its peak managed about $4 billion.