List of Boston Red Sox owners and executives

This page is a list of the owners and executives of the Boston Red Sox.
The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the American League East division. They have been a member of the American League since its inaugural season of, playing their first seven seasons as the Boston Americans.

Owners

Majority owners

During the ownership tenure of Mrs. Jean R. Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan and Buddy LeRoux became general partners. A purchase of the team from the estate of Tom Yawkey was approved by the league in May 1978, resulting in each of Mrs. Yawkey, Sullivan, and LeRoux having a one-third controlling interest in the team as general partners. This stood until March 1987, when Yawkey bought out LeRoux, following a failed attempt by LeRoux to take control of the team. Mrs. Yawkey's majority ownership of the team passed upon her death in February 1992 to JRY Trust, which later bought out Sullivan in November 1993.

Minority owners

Executives

Team presidents

Name	Years	Notes
Joseph C. Pelletier	1901	Concurrent with ownership
Charles Somers	1901–1903	Concurrent with ownership
Henry Killilea	1903–1904	Concurrent with ownership
John I. Taylor	1904–1911	Concurrent with sole ownership
Jimmy McAleer	1911–1913	Concurrent with part ownership
Joseph Lannin	1913–1916	Concurrent with part then sole ownership
Harry Frazee	1916–1923	Concurrent with ownership
Bob Quinn	1923–1933	Concurrent with ownership
Tom Yawkey	1933–1976	Concurrent with ownership
Jean R. Yawkey	1976–1987
John Harrington	1987–2001	First non-owner to serve as president
Larry Lucchino	2002–2015	Served through end of 2015 season
Sam Kennedy	2015–present	Began tenure after 2015 season

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Heads of baseball operations

The team has used different titles for the person superior to a general manager.

Name	Years	Title
Dave Dombrowski	2015–2019	President of Baseball Operations
Chaim Bloom	2020–2023	Chief Baseball Officer
Brian O'Halloran	2023–present	Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations
Craig Breslow	2023–present	Chief Baseball Officer