Biography
Mario L. Baeza (born January 22, 1951) is a Cuban-American corporate lawyer, merchant banker,entrepreneur, musician/composer and philanthropist. At the age of seven, Mario Baeza emigrated with his family from Guanabacoa, Cuba, six months before Fidel Castro came to power. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in three years from Cornell University in 1971 (triple major, honors and distinctions in all subjects), and earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1974.
He is currently the founder and controlling shareholder of the Baeza Group LLC, the first U.S. Hispanic-owned merchant banking firm; the founder and chairman of V-me Media Inc., a national Spanish-language television network distributed through the digital channels of public television affiliate stations; and the founder and chairman of AJM Records, an independent record label.
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