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Mark Walter
USINFO | 2013-07-03 11:39
Mr. Walter is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board and Executive Committee of Guggenheim Capital, LLC. He is Chairman and controlling owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Mr. Walter serves as a trustee or director of several organizations including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Security Benefit Corporation and the EquiTrust Life holding company, and he is a controlling shareholder of Delaware Life Holdings. Mr. Walter grew up in Iowa and received a B.S. from Creighton University and a J.D. from Northwestern University.
Mark Walter is a founder and the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, a privately held global financial services with more than $170 billion in assets under management and headquarters in Chicago and New York. He is also the Chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball franchise.
Biography
In 1996, he founded the Liberty Hampshire Company, LLC in Chicago, IL. 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 $170 billion in assets under management, 2,200 employees, and 25 offices in nine 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 Todd Boehly, Bobby Patton, Peter Guber, Stan Kasten, and Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
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.[1]
Mark Walter also serves as a trustee or director of several organizations including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Security Benefit Corporation.
Mark Walter is a founder and the chief executive officer of Guggenheim Partners, a privately held global financial services with more than $170 billion in assets under management and headquarters in Chicago and New York. He is also the Chairman of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball franchise.
Biography
In 1996, he founded the Liberty Hampshire Company, LLC in Chicago, IL. 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 $170 billion in assets under management, 2,200 employees, and 25 offices in nine 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 Todd Boehly, Bobby Patton, Peter Guber, Stan Kasten, and Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
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.[1]
Mark Walter also serves as a trustee or director of several organizations including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Security Benefit Corporation.
