Andrew Ryan

"So... this guy's not just Andrew Ryan, but he's actually Andrei Rianofski too. Now this guy is... the Supreme Ruler of Rapture under the administration of the Unified Capitalist Revolutionary Dictatorship... ALL under the command of Richard Loud III."

--Su Ji-Hoon, It Came From Rapture

Andrew Ryan (born Андрей Раяновский [Andrei Rianofski]) is the founder of Rapture and the owner of Ryan Industries. He is the main antagonist throughout most of BioShock. He is the Chairman of the Rapture City Council, owner and operator of Hephaestus, and one of the most important men in the city. He only appears in person in the Rapture Central Control level.

In When the Cold Breeze Blows Away, he is a tyrannical and ruthless governor of Rapture who serves under the Coalition of the Red Star, mainly Richard Loud III and the Unified Capitalist Revolutionary Dictatorship, due to his sophisticated and wealthy manners, until he was killed by a group of Rapture Resistance League members, thus he is replaced by Brigid Tenenbaum, a Grand Alliance sympathizer and the first President of the newly-independent Republic of Rapturia.