The Texas Rangers today announced that Neil Leibman has been appointed as the club's Chief Operating Officer effective immediately.
Leibman, who has served in the role of Chairman of the Texas Rangers Ownership Committee since the spring of 2013, will oversee all of the club's revenue and business operations areas. He will also continue to serve as the Chairman of the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation.
"The construction and openings of Texas Live! later this summer, Live! by Loews in 2019, and of course, Globe Life Field in 2020 are bringing many new opportunities to the Texas Rangers organization," said Ray Davis, the Rangers Co-Chairman and Managing Partner. "As we tackle the challenges and initiatives going forward, I want to make certain that we have the proper leadership and management structure in place to ensure maximum communication and efficiency.
"Neil has played an integral role in the growth of this organization in a variety of areas since taking an active role as Chairman of the Ownership Committee more than five years ago, and he will be an ever greater asset going forward. Neil and I will continue to work closely with our management team in setting a direction to make this franchise the best in Major League Baseball."   
Leibman is an original member of the ownership group that purchased the Rangers in August 2010 and also serves on the team's Board of Directors. He has worked closely with Davis and the City of Arlington on the agreement for the new ballpark partnership and with The Cordish Companies and Loews Hotels &Co. on the Texas Live! and Live! by Loews-Arlington, TX projects.
A long-time owner of several Minor League Baseball teams, Leibman played a major role in the Rangers' transfer and purchase of the Down East Wood Ducks of the Carolina League in August 2016 and the franchise's purchase of the South Atlantic League's Hickory Crawdads in October 2017. He serves as CEO of Kinston Baseball LLC and President of Hickory Baseball Inc. Leibman is a member of Major League Baseball's Diversity and International Committees on the ownership level.
Leibman is currently CEO of Summer Energy Inc., a retail electricity provider serving the Texas market and also owns and operates several retail electric companies in the northeast United States. Recently he became the Chairman of Optic Gaming, an Esports enterprise.