He represented a consortium of family members who chipped in to make a winning offer of $850 million. Today the Cubs are worth $2.6 billion.  He earned his A.B. from the University of Chicago and his M.B.A. from the same university. His brother Peter Ricketts is the 40th and current governor of Nebraska and the former chief operating officer of Ameritrade. Tom Ricketts has made it public that he supports Donald Trump for President.