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.
Mark Walter also serves as a trustee or director of several organizations including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Security Benefit Corporation.
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