Ask who owns the Texas Rangers and you will probably hear the same old names – Brad Corbett, Raymond Nasher, Bill Seay, Charles Sharp, Amon Carter, Jr., Sharon (Simons) Moss and Nick Martin. But one of the best kept secrets in town is who the Rangers’ “other owners” are.
In addition to the familiar names who make the Rangers’ management decisions, there is another larger group of owners called Texas Rangers Ltd. which actually contributed more money to the purchase than the “published” owners. These “silent” owners raised more than five million in cold cash, in $50,000 increments.
The Dallas partners include:
J.W. Bartholow, Jr. $50,000
Malcolm K. Brachman
$50,000
Marcus Ginsburg $50,000
Rudulph Mills $50,000
Thomas A. O’Dwyer $50,000
Michael A. Reilly $50,000
Roane Petroleum Co. $50,000
Robert D. Rogers $50,000
Gordon G. Tucker $100,000
Fort Worth partners include:
Louis H. Barnett $100,000
Edwin S. Elgin $100,000
Jay Fried $100,000
William Harvey $50,000
Thomas Nast $100,000
Three New York friends of Corbett also contributed money:
Wilbur J. Kupfrian $100,000
(Binghamton, N.Y.)
Marvin Price $250,000
(Merrick, N.Y.)
Salvatore Trovato $150,000
(East Northport, N.Y.)
The four largest partnersin Texas Rangers Ltd. arecorporations. Former owner Bob Short’s Texas Rangers Inc. contributed $1,000,000 and Brad Cor-bett’s Sports Investors Inc.put in $1,500,000. AnotherCorbett company, Shin-tech, invested $1,000,000,while Mid-South WholesaleInc., a Maryland company,put in $400,000.
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