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Todd Ricketts nominated for deputy commerce secretary
- Updated: November 30, 2016
CHICAGO — President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Todd Ricketts — brother of Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts and a member of the team’s board of directors — as deputy commerce secretary.
“The incredible job he and the Ricketts family did in the purchase and turnaround of the Chicago Cubs — one perfect step after another, leading to the World Championship, is what I want representing our people,” Trump said in a statement on Wednesday. “I am very proud to have him on our team.”
Trump praised Ricketts as “an immensely successful businessman with unparalleled knowledge of the finance industry,” and said he will “help us cut waste and streamline government so that it …
