Mark Walter

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Mark Walter
Born1960 (age 60–61)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Alma materCreighton University (B.A.)
Northwestern University (J.D.)
OccupationFounder, chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners/
chairman of Los Angeles Dodgers
Spouse(s)Kimbra Walter

Mark Walter is an American businessman and the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, a privately held global financial services firm with more than $310 billion in assets under management and headquarters in Chicago and New York. He is also the part-chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball franchise.[1]

Biography[]

Walter is a Cedar Rapids, Iowa, native and graduate of Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School. In 1996, he co-founded the Liberty Hampshire Company, LLC with Steven E. Johnson, in Chicago.[2] In 2000, he helped found Guggenheim Partners, LLC. Today, he is the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, which has rapidly grown into a global, diversified financial services firm with more than $260 billion in assets under management, 2,300 employees, and 25 offices in six countries around the world.

On May 1, 2012, Walter helped lead Guggenheim Baseball Management, LLC, a private partnership formed in 2011 to acquire the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the successful purchase of the storied baseball franchise for $2.15 billion. His partners in Guggenheim Baseball Management include Peter Guber, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Stan Kasten, Todd Boehly, and Bobby Patton.[3][4][5][6][7][8] Billie Jean King and her partner Ilana Kloss joined the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group in 2018.[9] Entrepreneurs Alan Smolinisky and Robert L. Plummer joined the ownership group in September 2019.[10][11][12]

On December 10, 2012, in its annual survey of the "50 Most Influential People in Sports Business," the SportsBusiness Journal named Walter the 8th most influential person in sports business due to the historic Dodgers purchase.[13]

Walter also serves as a trustee or director of several organizations including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Northwestern University and the Field Museum.

Walter and several of his partners also bought the Los Angeles Sparks basketball team in 2014.[14]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Mark Walter". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-09-03.
  2. ^ "Liberty Hampshire Co LLC/The - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.
  3. ^ Introduce Mark Walter - new Dodgers owners and chairman
  4. ^ $2.2B Mark Walter Forbes profile - new Dodgers owners and chairman from Chicago (Creighton University; Doctor of Jurisprudence, Northwestern University)
  5. ^ Mark Walter MLB Biography - controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers
  6. ^ Chicago financier Mark Walter, who will have a controlling stake in the Dodgers if his group's deal goes through, avoids the spotlight.
  7. ^ Mark Walter moves quietly and effectively - Former Jefferson High classmates recall him as smart, driven, quiet, friendly
  8. ^ Mark Walters believes in Yasiel Puig in July 2015
  9. ^ ESPN News (2018-09-20). "Dodgers welcome 'trailblazing' Billie Jean King, partner to ownership group". ESPN.
  10. ^ "Plummer, Smolinisky join Dodgers' ownership". MLB.com. September 19, 2019.
  11. ^ "Los Angeles Dodgers Add Two Entrepreneurs to Ownership Team". The Wall Street Journal. September 19, 2019.
  12. ^ "The Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group has added two new limited partners in businessmen Robert L. Plummer and Alan Smolinisky". Twitter. September 19, 2019.
  13. ^ December 10; 2012. "50 Most Influential: 2-10". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com. Retrieved 2020-10-26.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ "Sparks bought by investment group led by Magic Johnson and Mark Walter". February 4, 2014.

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Business positions
Preceded by Chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers
2012–present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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