Editing Nolan Ryan (section)

===Texas Rangers president and CEO (2008–2013)===
[[File:1st pitch nolan to pettitte 03.jpg|thumb|[[Andy Pettitte]] and Ryan in 2006]]
In February 2008, the Rangers hired Ryan as team president.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/baseball/rangers/stories/020708dnsporangerslede.967f3c8c.html|work=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|title=Nolan Ryan hired as Texas Rangers' president|date=February 6, 2008|first=Evan|last=Grant|access-date=April 3, 2010}}</ref> After the 2009 season, Ryan and [[Chuck Greenberg (attorney)|Chuck Greenberg]] submitted a bid to purchase the Rangers from owner [[Tom Hicks]]. At midnight on August 5, 2010, the Ryan/Greenberg group, Rangers Baseball Express, was announced the winners of the final auction to purchase the Rangers, after final approval from Major League Baseball. The final cash bid to purchase the franchise was $385 million. The opposing high bidder was [[Dallas Mavericks]] owner [[Mark Cuban]]. Greenberg became managing general partner and CEO, while Ryan remained as team president.

Greenberg left the group in March 2011, reportedly due to a philosophical clash with Ryan. Ryan was immediately named as CEO while keeping the title of president.<ref>{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=T.R. |date=March 11, 2010 |title=Greenberg leaves Rangers; Ryan named CEO |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110311&content_id=16902352&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629210517/http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110311&content_id=16902352&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex |archive-date=2011-06-29 |website=[[MLB.com]]}}</ref> Although Texas oil magnates [[Ray Davis (businessman)|Ray Davis]] and [[Bob R. Simpson|Bob Simpson]] served as co-chairmen and held larger stakes, Ryan became the undisputed head of the franchise, with Davis and Simpson serving mostly as senior consultants.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wills |first=Todd |url=http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110311&content_id=16905240&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex |title=Ray Davis, Bob Simpson to continue as low-key counsel for Texas Rangers |publisher=Texas.rangers.[[MLB.com|mlb.com]] |date=May 24, 2013 |access-date=September 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054237/http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110311&content_id=16905240&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex |archive-date=September 21, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Ryan was named the Dallas–Fort Worth's 2012 CEO of the Year by [[Southern Methodist University]]'s [[Cox School of Business]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/publications/d-ceo/2012/december/dallas-fort-worth-ceo-of-the-year-nolan-ryan-2012/ |title=CEO of the Year: Nolan Ryan |last1=Curry|first1=Kerry|publisher=Dmagazine.com |date=December 2012|access-date=September 1, 2013}}</ref>

During the baseball owners' meetings in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], on March 1, 2013, the Rangers announced that [[General manager (baseball)|general manager]] [[Jon Daniels]] would add president of baseball operations to his title. Rick George was promoted to president of business operations. Ryan's title was changed simply to CEO, but he remained operating head of the franchise; both Daniels and George reported to him.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Jeff |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/03/01/4654090/rangers-promote-jon-daniels-to.html |title=Rangers promote Jon Daniels to president of baseball operations |work=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]] |date=March 1, 2013 |access-date=October 17, 2013}}</ref> On October 17, 2013, Ryan announced that he was stepping down as Rangers CEO effective October 31, 2013.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fraley |first=Gerry |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-rangers/headlines/20131017-nolan-ryan-to-retire-as-texas-rangers-ceo-on-halloween.ece |title=Nolan Ryan to retire as Texas Rangers CEO on Halloween |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |date=October 17, 2013 |access-date=October 17, 2013}}</ref>