List of Kansas City Royals owners and executives

Ewing Kauffman

The Kansas City Royals baseball team is currently owned by an ownership group led by John Sherman. The franchise was first established by Ewing Kauffman in 1967.

Owners

• Ewing Kauffman (1967—1993)
  • Avron Fogelman (1983—1991, part owner)
• Ewing Kauffman estate (1993—2000)
• David Glass (2000—2019)
• John Sherman (2020—present, majority owner)^[1]
  • Alan Atterbury
  • Karen Daniel^[2]
  • Dan Dees
  • Mark Demetree
  • The Dunn Family
  • Paul Edgerly
  • Bill Gautreaux
  • Mike Haverty
  • J. B. Hebenstreit
  • Carl Hughes
  • Rob Kaplan
  • Mariner Kemper
  • The Lockton Family
  • Patrick Mahomes^[3]
  • Peter and Veronica Mallouk
  • Terry Matlack
  • Kent McCarthy
  • Jay Pack
  • PJM Baseball, LLC
  • PlayBallKC, LLC
  • Seventh Inning Stretch, LLC
  • Brooks Sherman
  • Eric Stonestreet
  • Don Wagner

General Managers

• Cedric Tallis (1968—1974)
• Joe Burke (1974—1981)
• John Schuerholz (1981—1990)
• Herk Robinson (1990—2000)
• Allard Baird (2000—2006)
• Dayton Moore (2007—2021)
• J. J. Picollo (2022—present)^[4]

Other executives

• Larry Doughty
• Dan Glass
• Lou Gorman
• Michael E. Herman
• Joe Klein
• Art Stewart
• Dean Taylor

References

1. "Royals reveal star-studded ownership group". Kansas City Business Journal. November 26, 2019. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
2. Palmer, Tod (March 31, 2024). "Royals ownership allows Karen Daniel to continue blazing trails: If only 'Peanuts' could see her now". KSHB.com. Retrieved March 31, 2024.
3. Catania, Jason (July 28, 2020). "NFL star Mahomes joins Royals ownership". MLB.com. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
4. Rogers, Anne (September 14, 2021). "Royals promoting Moore, Picollo". Royals.com. Retrieved September 14, 2021.

External links

• Baseball America: Executive Database