WFrancis X. "Frank" Coonelly is an American sports executive. He is the former president of the Pittsburgh Pirates (2007-2019). His hiring was announced by the Pirates on September 13, 2007. He replaced Kevin McClatchy who purchased the Pirates with a group of investors in 1996 and served as the CEO for the next 12 seasons. Prior to the start of the 2007 season Bob Nutting had taken over as principal owner of the Pirates but said he was comfortable with McClatchy as the CEO. Midway through the season McClatchy announced his intention to resign and the Pirates began a search for a replacement. Coonelly's first major assignment was to hire a new general manager to replace Dave Littlefield, who was fired days before Coonelly was hired. On September 25, 2007 he announced that he had chosen Neal Huntington from the Cleveland Indians organization. He left as president of the team in October 2019.
WRobert Anthony Daly is an American business executive who has led organizations such as CBS Entertainment, Warner Bros., Warner Music Group, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
WPaul Joseph Dolan, is an attorney and Major League Baseball (MLB) team executive who is currently part-owner, chairman, and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Cleveland Indians. Dolan is also the "control person" for the team.
WDavid Dombrowski is an American baseball executive who serves as the President of Baseball Operations for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). Dombrowski also previously served as the general manager of the Montreal Expos, the general manager and president of the Florida Marlins and Detroit Tigers, and president of baseball operations for the Boston Red Sox. During his tenure as a baseball executive, he has helped build two World Series winning teams — the Marlins in 1997, and the Red Sox in 2018.
WBrian Zachary France is an American businessman and the former CEO and chairman of NASCAR. He served in the post from 2003 to 2018, following his grandfather Bill France Sr. and father Bill Jr., in the executive position. In 2019, France founded Silver Falcon Capital, Inc. and became CEO of the private investing firm.
WJames Carl France is an American motorsports executive. He is the chief executive officer (CEO), the chairman, and executive vice president of NASCAR, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of International Speedway Corporation (ISC) and the owner of the IMSA team Action Express Racing. Jim is the son of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr.
WDavid Dayne Glass was an American businessman. He was president and chief executive officer of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He was also an owner and chief executive officer of the Kansas City Royals.
WDerrick Martin Hall is an American sports executive currently serving as the President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
WJames Arthur Haslam III is an American businessman and sports executive. He is the chairman of the board of the Pilot Flying J truck stop chain. He and his wife Dee own the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL) and the Columbus Crew of Major League Soccer (MLS). His father Jim Haslam founded the Pilot Corporation in 1958 as the Pilot Oil Corporation.
WRobert Wood Johnson IV is an American businessman, philanthropist and diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the United Kingdom from 2017 to 2021. He is a great-grandson of Robert Wood Johnson I, founder of the Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals. Since the 1980s, Johnson has been known for philanthropic work, including donations to medical research. He is the founding chairman of the Lupus Research Alliance Alliance for Lupus Research, and a past chairman of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International and has lobbied for increasing funding for lupus and diabetes research. He is a trustee emeritus of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
WRobert Kenneth Kraft is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate development, and a private equity portfolio. He is the owner of the National Football League's New England Patriots, Major League Soccer's New England Revolution, and Gillette Stadium, where both teams play. He also owns the Boston Uprising, the first esports team in New England.
WHoward Charles Lincoln is an American lawyer and businessman, known primarily for being the former Chairman of Nintendo of America and the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, representing absentee majority owner Hiroshi Yamauchi until Yamauchi died on September 19, 2013.
WCarl Henry Lindner III is an American businessman. He has served as the co-chief executive officer of American Financial Group since January 2005. He has also acted as chief executive officer and majority owner of FC Cincinnati since the club's founding in 2015. He is the son of Carl Lindner Jr. and a prominent member of the Lindner family.
WLawrence Lucchino is an American lawyer, best known as an executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously served as president of the Baltimore Orioles, president/CEO of the San Diego Padres, and president/CEO of the Boston Red Sox. He is chairman of the Worcester Red Sox, the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox; chairman of The Jimmy Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Dana–Farber Cancer Institute; and president/CEO emeritus of Fenway Sports Group, the parent company of the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool F.C. Lucchino played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers.
WJeffrey Robert Lurie is an American motion picture producer, businessman, and the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL).
WPeter McLoughlin is an American businessman. He formerly served as team president for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) from 2010 until 2018, and is also the CEO of Vulcan Sports & Entertainment.
WWilliam Horlick Neukom is an American former managing general partner of the San Francisco Giants baseball team ownership group. He held this position from May 2008 to December 31, 2011 and he was the managing partner when the Giants won the World Series in 2010, the first World Series win since the team had moved to California in 1958. Prior to holding this position, he was President of the American Bar Association in 2007–08. He was the principal legal counsel for Microsoft for almost 25 years. He was also the Chairman of the law firm of Preston Gates & Ellis, LLP in Seattle, now part of K&L Gates. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Council on International Policy and spends the majority of his time focused on his role as Co-Founder & CEO of the World Justice Project.
WPeter Dager, better known as ppd, is an American former professional Dota 2 player and current coach for Alliance. He was the former CEO of the esports organization Evil Geniuses, where he also won The International 2015 as a player-captain, later playing for OpTic Gaming and Ninjas in Pyjamas.
WLynn Nolan Ryan Jr., nicknamed The Ryan Express, is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher and sports executive. Over a record 27-year career that included play in four decades, Ryan pitched for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999. After his retirement in 1993, Ryan served as chief executive officer (CEO) of the Texas Rangers and an executive advisor to the Houston Astros.
WReid Ryan is an American baseball executive, former college and professional baseball player, and son of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan. He was a pitcher in minor league baseball, and currently serves as the CEO of Ryan-Sanders Baseball Inc., which owns the Round Rock Express and Corpus Christi Hooks. He was introduced as the president of the Houston Astros on May 17, 2013.
WMargaret Carolyn Schott was an American managing general partner, president and CEO of Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds franchise from 1984 to 1999. She was the second woman to own a North American major-league team without inheriting it.
WWendy Selig-Prieb is a businesswoman, former Milwaukee Brewers executive and daughter to former MLB Commissioner Bud Selig
WQuinton D. Studer is a Pensacola, Florida businessman and philanthropist, known as the co-owner of the minor league baseball team the Pensacola Blue Wahoos and founder of the health care consulting company, Studer Group.
WFinn Wentworth is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and investor in major commercial real estate and sports ventures in the United States. Wentworth was COO and CEO of Yankeenets, the holding company for the New York Yankees, New Jersey Nets, and New Jersey Devils professional sports teams. As an owner who also served as the leading executive of those franchises, Wentworth was one of the founders of the YES Network national sports network along with Leo Hindery. Wentworth has also held the position of President and CEO of the New Jersey Nets NBA team. During his tenure with the teams, the Yankees won two world championships, the Devils won two Stanley Cups, and the Nets twice won the NBA Eastern Conference finals. Wentworth is an owner and founding partner along with David Welsh of Normandy Real Estate Partners based in Morristown, New Jersey with offices in Washington D.C., New York City, and Boston, Massachusetts. Prior to starting Normandy and his involvement in professional sports, Wentworth was one of the founders of Gale and Wentworth. In addition to his business endeavors, he is a trustee of the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center. He has also served on the board of the Princeton National Regatta Association, an organization that supports the U.S. Olympic Rowing Team, and received the Jack Kelly Citizenship Award from the U.S. Rowing Association. An avid sportsman, he has climbed all 48 Continental U.S. State Highpoints.
WJason Gomillion Wright is an American businessman who is the president of the Washington Football Team of the National Football League (NFL). A native of the Greater Los Angeles area, he attended Northwestern University and played running back for their football team. He went on to play seven years in the NFL as a backup running back, originally signing with the San Francisco 49ers in 2004 as an undrafted free agent before having stints with the Atlanta Falcons, Cleveland Browns, and Arizona Cardinals. With Arizona, he served as a team captain and was their NFLPA representative during the 2011 NFL lockout before retiring that same year.