Matthew McConaughey partners in joining Austin FC ownership

Written and photographed by Michael Mullenix

Matthew McConaughey, Academy Award-winning actor attends the Austin FC Major League Soccer club announcement of four new investors including himself as the ‘Minister of Culture’ at 3TEN ACL Live on August 23, 2019 in Austin, Texas.

MLS Soccer announcement today:

Two Oak Ventures, the expansion club’s parent company, revealed several new additions to their ownership group, including the superstar who ranks as one of the city’s most famous residents: Matthew McConaughey.

The actor, Texas native and outspoken Austin booster is also joined by technology entrepreneur Eddie Margain, president and chief commercial officer of Dell technologies Marius Haas and local energy executive Bryan Sheffield.

“It is my privilege to welcome my new partners to Austin FC,” said majority partner and CEO Anthony Precourt in a club release. “This group knows and loves the city of Austin and the beautiful game. I can’t think of anyone better to help us realize our ambitions as a soccer club for this entire community.”

The new investors bring a “range of business acumen, entrepreneurial expertise and most importantly, roots in Austin,” noted the club, which recently announced that they are on track to break ground on their privately-financed, soccer-specific stadium in the McKalla Place neighborhood next month.

The venue is scheduled to debut in spring 2021 when Austin FC make their MLS expansion debut.

“It’s been so fun to bring together this group of friends to invest in an amazing organization that will impact so many of our fellow Austinites,” said Margain, who will be appointed Alternate Governor of Austin FC for MLS’s Board of Governors.

“Austin FC is going to bring the best of professional soccer to our city, and my hope is that we inspire more Austin kids to play and enjoy this beautiful sport.”

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Michael Mullenix

Growing up around the world, Michael developed a taste and appreciation for all styles of music. While studying film making at Boston University, he dove headfirst into a mosh-pit and never came out. It was in Boston that he combined his love of film and photography with his drive and passion for being a chronicler of the underground music scene. After graduation he headed to Los Angeles and for over a decade has worked with some of the top musicians and actors in the entertainment industry. Lured to Austin by the cultural explosion in the music and film scenes taking place there, he relocated two years ago and describes Austin as a cultural Shang Ri La!