Janice McNair

Janice McNair
Born (1936-09-30) September 30, 1936 (age 87)
Alma materColumbia College
OccupationBusinesswoman
Known forOwner of the Houston Texans
SpouseBob McNair (1937–2018)
Children4, including Cal McNair

American football career
Houston Texans
Position:Senior Chair (Principal owner)
Career history
As an executive:

Janice Suber McNair (born September 30, 1936) is the co-founder and current owner of the Houston Texans, a position which she assumed after the death of her husband Bob McNair in 2018.

Early life

McNair was born on September 30, 1936, and was raised in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and attended Columbia College, a private women's liberal arts college. It was in her college years in which she met her future husband Bob.

Career

McNair was the right-hand to her husband throughout much of his career, including when he founded Cogen Technologies, which was sold in 1999 to Enron and CalPERS. She co-founded the Texans in 1999 alongside her husband.[citation needed]

Following her husband's death in 2018, McNair became the team's principal owner, with the title of "senior chair". Her son Cal is the current CEO and day-to-day head of the franchise. However, Janice represents the Texans at NFL owners meetings and other league functions.

McNair is one of ten female NFL team owners or co-owners. The others are Virginia Halas McCaskey (Chicago Bears), Kim Pegula (Buffalo Bills), Carol Davis (Las Vegas Raiders), Dee Haslam (Cleveland Browns), Amy Adams Strunk (Tennessee Titans), Gayle Benson (New Orleans Saints), Sheila Ford Hamp (Detroit Lions), Denise DeBartolo York (San Francisco 49ers) and Jody Allen (Seattle Seahawks).

McNair's reported net worth is believed to be at US$4 billion. She is also currently the richest female sports owner in the United States.

Late in 2023, McNair's son Robert Cary McNair Jr. applied for a guardianship over his mother. Janice McNair and her other son Cal responded with documents stating that the appointment of a guardian was unnecessary, and requested that documents related to the case be sealed.

Philanthropy

In 1989, Janice McNair and her husband established the Robert and Janice McNair Educational Foundation. The goal of the foundation was to remove some of the financial barriers that were preventing Rutherford County High school graduates from attending college. The first beneficiaries were the class of 1990. To date, the McNair foundation has awarded approximately $2.6 million in financial aid.

In August 2019, McNair donated $5 million to Pro Vision Inc, a community building project in the Sunnyside neighborhood of Houston. It was reported to be the largest donation ever made by an NFL owner.

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Houston, McNair donated $1 million to the Houston Rent Relief fund to help apartment residents in Houston facing eviction during the pandemic economic recession.


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