Alright, let’s talk about something that popped into my head the other day. I was kicking back, maybe watching some baseball highlights, and the Texas Rangers came up. Got me thinking, who actually owns this team? Like, who’s the big boss signing the checks?

So, I decided to look into it. Nothing fancy, you know. Just started digging around online a bit, trying to figure out who pulls the strings.
My Little Search Adventure
First thing I did was just type it into a search engine. Simple stuff. “owner of texas rangers”. You get a name pretty quick, usually when you search for stuff like that.
And yeah, a name popped up pretty fast: Ray Davis. Seemed like the main guy. But then, digging a little deeper, reading a few different pages, I realized it got a bit more complicated than just one person calling all the shots.
- I kept seeing mentions of a big investment group.
- Found this name, Rangers Baseball Express, LLC. Sounds pretty official, right?
- Then another name kept appearing alongside Davis, Neil Leibman. Seems he’s pretty high up there too, handling a lot of the business operations stuff, like a Chief Operating Officer or something.
So, it wasn’t just finding one single kingpin, like in the movies. It’s more like a group effort, you know? With Ray Davis being the main managing partner, the face of the ownership group, you could say. Apparently, this group bought the team quite a while back, maybe around 2010 or so?
What I Found Out in the End
Basically, the Texas Rangers are owned by an investment group, not just one super-rich individual flashing cash everywhere. Ray Davis is the key figure, the guy they call the managing partner. He leads this group called Rangers Baseball Express, LLC.

It’s also good to remember that Neil Leibman plays a big role too, running the show day-to-day on the business side of things. So, it really seems like a team effort at the top, not just down on the field.
Finding this information out wasn’t exactly like cracking some secret code or anything difficult. The info is definitely out there if you just poke around online for a few minutes. It just wasn’t quite as simple as finding one single name, which I guess makes sense when you think about how much money is involved in owning a Major League Baseball team. Costs a fortune, right? Stands to reason you’d probably need a group of people to pool their cash together.
Anyway, that was my little dive into who owns the Rangers. Just wanted to satisfy a bit of curiosity I had. Now I have a better idea of who’s ultimately behind the team I see playing out there.