President, Business Operations & Chief Operating Officer
Neil Leibman serves as Chairman, Rangers Sports Media & Entertainment Company, which was announced in January as the parent company for the new Rangers Sports Network as well as REV Entertainment. Leibman led efforts to create Rangers Sports Network, a new media venture created to produce and distribute the team¡¯s games and other content beginning in 2025.
Leibman begins the new role this year after previously serving as Rangers COO and President of Business Operations. He also works closely with Managing Partner and Majority Owner Ray Davis on future development opportunities and serves as the Chairman of the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation.
Leibman is an original member of the ownership group that purchased the Rangers in August 2010 and is on the team¡¯s Board of Directors. He was appointed Chairman of the Rangers Ownership Committee in the spring of 2013.
Over the last eight years, he worked closely with Davis and the City of Arlington on the agreement to build Globe Life Field and with Loews Hotels & Co. on the Texas Live!, Live! by Loews- Arlington, TX and Loews Arlington Hotel and Convention Center projects. Leibman has been very active in securing non-MLB sports and entertainment events and properties for both Globe Life Field and Choctaw Stadium.
Leibman is the Co-Managing Partner of Top Tier Sports, which has ownership stakes in the Allen Americans (East Coast Hockey League), Cleburne Railroaders (American Association of Professional Baseball), Dallas Jackals (Major League Rugby), Panther City Lacrosse Club (National Lacrosse League), the Minnesota Whitecaps (Premier Hockey Federation), and the Official League lifestyle brand. He also has ownership in several esports teams owned by Immortals Gaming Company, where he serves on the Board of Directors.
Mr. Leibman is currently CEO of Summer Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: SUME) a retail electricity provider serving the Texas residential and commercial markets. Prior to Summer Energy, Mr. Leibman was Chairman and CEO of Aspen Pipeline LP I and II, a private equity firm (Energy Spectrum of Dallas) backed limited partnership, which owns and operates gas gathering systems, and transportation pipeline. In addition, Mr. Leibman was Former CEO of GEXA Corp., a Houston based retail electricity provider, which he founded and sold to FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE:FPL) in June of 2005. He then assisted in the transition as President of the combined entity. Prior to founding GEXA Corp., he practiced law in a partnership of Leibman & Oesch, LLP. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Leibman started his career as an attorney for Exxon Company USA.
Mr. Leibman, who offices and resides in Dallas, has three children. He attended Emory University in Atlanta Georgia where he received his BA and attended State University of New York School of Law and Business and simultaneously obtained a Law degree and Masters of Business Administration where he graduated with Honors. Mr. Leibman serves on numerous school boards and charitable organizations.