Dan Glass Explained

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

Glass is the son of former 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]} The Glass family sold the Royals to John Sherman in 2019.^[3]

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] [4]}

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.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brandon Copple . Michael E. Herman Profile - Forbes.com . People.forbes.com . 2008-05-20 . 2011-01-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100513072543/http://people.forbes.com/profile/michael-e-herman/17462 . 2010-05-13 . dead .
2. Web site: Dan Glass named president of Royals | Topeka Capital-Journal, The | Find Articles at BNET . Findarticles.com . 2000-04-29 . 2011-01-29.
3. Web site: Snyder . Matt . Royals owner David Glass agrees to sell team to John Sherman, reportedly for more than $1 billion . CBSSports.com . August 30, 2019 . October 6, 2022.
4. Web site: Kansas City Royals: Front Office . Mlb.mlb.com . 2011-01-29.