Dan Glass is the current president of the Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals

The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...

 Major League Baseball

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 team.

Glass is the son of Royals owner David Glass who acquired the team in 2000 and immediately installed his son who succeed Mike E. Herman who had been president since 1992

He attended Missouri State University

Missouri State University

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 and graduated Drury University

Drury University

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 after working for five years at Wal Mart where his father was CEO working in Fayetteville, Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

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; Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Tahlequah, Oklahoma

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; Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma

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; and Carbondale, Illinois

Carbondale, Illinois

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. He lives in Olathe, Kansas

Olathe, Kansas

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, and operated a jewelry business and Glass Enterprises real estate business.

He began working in Royals Baseball Operations Department from in 1993 and a Baseball Operation Assistant and became Assistant Director of Player Personnel in 1996.