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G Brint Ryan

From 2000 through 2014, Ryan supported various political campaigns totaling more than $5 million. He donated over $800,000 to former Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn, and $210,000 to Dan Patrick, a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor. Ryan also gave approximately $2.5 million to the Ryan Texas PAC, which has supported Texas politicians since 2000 and raised over $4.5 million towards their campaigns Ryan worked at Coopers & Lybrand, now PricewaterhouseCoopers, as a public accountant in 1989. He founded Ryan LLC in 1991. Ryan LLC is now the seventh-largest corporate tax practice in the United States. Ryan formed the Settles Hotel Development Company in 2006. He purchased the Settles Hotel for $75,000 and restored it to reopen February 2015. The restoration took six years and $30 million. Ryan used old photographs and blueprints to closely replicate the original design of the 15-story hotel. He also purchased four city blocks in Big Spring, including the Ritz movie theatre on Main Street and an old bus depot.

George Brint Ryan, or G. Brint Ryan chief executive officer of Ryan LLC =References==