Given that one of Hick's companies sells itself as "Connecting Brands To Fans, from the inside out", I would imagine that he would want to remain connected to Liverpool Football Club in some way. Additionally, if he thinks that DIC have the nouse to make a lot of money from the club, why wouldn't he insist on keeping a share for himself? I reckon he'll be around for a while yet, not necessarily with 50% of the club, but with some significant shareholding.