Dan Glass

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Dan Glass (born c. 1959) is the current president of the Kansas City Royals Major League Baseball team.

Glass is the son of Royals owner David Glass who acquired the team in 2000 and immediately installed his son to succeed Mike E. Herman who had been president since 1992. [1] [2]

He attended Southwest Missouri State University and graduated from Drury University after working for five years at Wal-Mart where his father was CEO working in Fayetteville, Arkansas; Tahlequah, Oklahoma; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Carbondale, Illinois. He lives in Olathe, Kansas, and operated a jewelry business and Glass Enterprises real estate business. [2] [3]

He began working in the Royals Baseball Operations Department in 1993 as a baseball operations assistant and became assistant director of player personnel in 1996. [3]

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References

  1. Brandon Copple (2008-05-20). "Michael E. Herman Profile - Forbes.com". People.forbes.com. Archived from the original on 2010-05-13. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  2. 1 2 "Dan Glass named president of Royals | Topeka Capital-Journal, The | Find Articles at BNET". Findarticles.com. 2000-04-29. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  3. 1 2 "Kansas City Royals: Front Office". Mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
Preceded by
Michael E. Herman
Kansas City Royals President
2000present
Succeeded by
incumbent