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Name
  
Mark Attanasio

Nephews
  
John Attanasio

Siblings
  
Paul Attanasio

Children
  
Dan Attanasio


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Parents
  
Connie Attanasio, Joseph Attanasio

Similar People
  
Doug Melvin, Paul Attanasio, Craig Counsell, Ryan Braun, Bob Uecker

Organizations founded
  
Crescent Capital Group

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Mark L. Attanasio (born September 29, 1957) is a Los Angeles businessman and owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. In September 2004, he reached a deal, on behalf of an investment group, to purchase the Milwaukee Brewers from the family of Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Bud Selig for an estimated US$223 million. The deal was approved by MLB at the owners' winter meeting on January 13, 2005.

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Early life and education

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Attanasio was born in The Bronx, New York and grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey, where he attended high school. He graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in 1979 and received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1982.

Finance

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He co-founded the Dallas investment firm Crescent Capital Partners in 1991, which was later bought by Trust Company of the West in 1995. In 2001, Attanasio joined the board of directors at the telecommunications firm Global Crossing, which filed for bankruptcy in January 2002. He resigned his position on the board shortly thereafter.

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He is a senior executive with the money management firms TCW/Crescent Mezzanine and Trust Company of the West.

Milwaukee Brewers

In September 2004, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Selig family announced that they had accepted Attanasio's bid to buy the team.

Other work

Along with Brewers Assistant General Manager Gord Ash and former pitcher Ben Sheets, Attanasio is a part-owner of the Milwaukee Admirals.

He was a major sponsor of the widely acclaimed Andy Warhol exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Personal

Mark is the brother of television writer Paul Attanasio. His eldest son, Dan, and his rock band, Pan Am, have performed at Summerfest 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

References

Mark Attanasio Wikipedia


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