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'{{Short description|American baseball executive}} {{Infobox person | name = Mark Attanasio | image = Mark Attanasio0001 cropped.jpg | caption = Mark Attanasio with his wife at Miller Park | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|09|29}} | birth_place = [[The Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Principal Owner of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]<br>Senior executive, [[Crescent Capital Group]] and [[Trust Company of the West]] | education = [[Brown University]], [[Bachelor of Arts|A.B.]] 1979<br>[[Columbia University|Columbia Law School]], [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] 1982 }} '''Mark L. Attanasio''' (born September 29, 1957) is an American businessman from [[The Bronx]] who is the principal owner of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]. In September 2004, he reached a deal, on behalf of an investment group, to purchase the Brewers from the family of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB) commissioner [[Bud Selig]] for an estimated [[United States dollar|US$]]223 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/143992246.html|title=Brewers have doubled in value since Attanasio bought them|website=www.jsonline.com|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> The deal was approved by MLB at the owners' winter meeting on January 13, 2005. Attanasio later proved after forcing Sterns to trade Josh Hader while in a playoff race in 2022 that he doesn't care about winning and is a cheapskate. Attanasio focuses more on selling $14 hot dogs and sodas with paper straws that dissolve in 10 minutes then winning. Attanasio would later ask the city to pay $450 million in stadium repairs. Attanasio also wasn't willing to pay Burnes an extra $750,000 salary and had to go in arbitration, once again proving how cheap he is. <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1966198|title=Owners approve sale of Brewers for $223M|website=ESPN.com|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> == Early life and education == Attanasio was born in [[The Bronx]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and grew up in [[Tenafly, New Jersey]], where he attended high school.<ref>Walker, Don. [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=315213 "Brewers' owner Attanasio ready for his rookie season: Long love of game, business experience have prepared him for new role"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701202628/http://www3.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=315213 |date=2011-07-01 }}, ''[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]'', April 4, 2005. Accessed September 4, 2008. "Born in the Bronx, Attanasio and his family moved when he was young to a split-level suburban home in Tenafly, N.J., where Attanasio graduated from high school."</ref> He graduated from [[Brown University]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in 1979 and received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] from [[Columbia University|Columbia Law School]] in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/sports/mlb/brewers/2015/09/22/5-things-know-new-brewers-gm-stearns/72633746/|title=5 things to know about new Brewers GM Stearns|website=Press Gazette Media|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> == Career == === Finance === He co-founded the [[Los Angeles]] investment firm [[Crescent Capital Group]] in 1991, which was later bought by Trust Company of the West in 1995.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/28/business/la-fi-tcw-20100728|title=TCW agrees to split off Crescent Capital Group|last=Petruno|first=Tom|date=2010-07-28|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> In 2001, Attanasio joined the [[board of directors]] at the [[telecommunications]] firm [[Global Crossing]], which filed for [[bankruptcy]] in January 2002.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/23/technology/23GLOB.html|title=Another Twist at Global as Chairman Quits a Board|last1=Romero|first1=Simon|date=2002-02-23|last2=Fabrikant|first2=Geraldine|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> He resigned his position on the board shortly thereafter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.computerworld.com/article/2587953/networking/bankrupt-global-crossing-issues-q4-warning.html|title=Bankrupt Global Crossing issues Q4 warning|last=Service|first=George A. Chidi Jr., IDG News|website=Computerworld|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> He is a founder and senior executive with the alternative investment firm [[Crescent Capital Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.crescentcap.com/company/history|title=History|website=www.crescentcap.com|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> === Milwaukee Brewers === In September 2004, the Milwaukee Brewers and the Selig family announced that they had accepted Attanasio's bid to buy the team.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/oct/04/business/fi-attanasio4|title=Owning His Dream Team|last=Vrana|first=Debora|date=2004-10-04|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref>[[File:Ryan Braun Accepts Silver Slugger April 2012.jpg|thumb|right|Attanasio (center) presenting a 2011 Silver Slugger Award to [[Ryan Braun]]]] === Other work === Along with Brewers assistant general manager [[Gord Ash]] and former Brewers pitcher [[Ben Sheets]], Attanasio is also a part-owner of the [[American Hockey League]]'s [[Milwaukee Admirals]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2005/04/11/daily35.html|title=Milwaukee Admirals to be sold to new ownership group - Milwaukee - Milwaukee Business Journal|website=Milwaukee Business Journal|access-date=2016-04-04}}</ref> He was a major sponsor of the widely acclaimed [[Andy Warhol]] exhibition at the [[Milwaukee Art Museum]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mam.org/warhol/about.php |title=Milwaukee Art Museum: Warhol |publisher=Milwaukee Art Museum |access-date=April 4, 2016}}</ref> In August 2022, it was announced that Attanasio would become a director of [[Norwich City Football Club]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Club issue notice of general meeting to shareholders |url=https://www.canaries.co.uk/content/club-issue-notice-of-general-meeting-to-shareholders |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Norwich City |language=en}}</ref> It was later reported that he would be purchasing an 18% stake in the club from [[Michael Foulger]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://theathletic.com/3522415/2022/08/19/norwich-attanasio-milwaukee-brewers/ |title=Norwich City set to appoint Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio to club board |publisher=The Athletic |access-date=August 19, 2022}}</ref> == Personal == Mark is the brother of television writer [[Paul Attanasio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/sports/baseball/mark-attanasio-goes-all-in-on-the-brewers.html |title=Owner Goes All In on the Brewers |date=September 30, 2011 |work=[[The New York Times]] |author=Tyler Kepner}}</ref> He is married to Deborah (née Kaplan) and has two sons, Dan and Mike. His eldest son Dan and his rock band, Pan Am, performed at [[Summerfest]] 2008 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/festivals/29423254.html|title=Attanasio's son steps up to plate|last=VALLEJOS|first=TAMARA|website=www.jsonline.com|access-date=2016-04-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518001348/http://www.jsonline.com/entertainment/festivals/29423254.html|archive-date=2013-05-18}}</ref> ==See also== {{Portal|Biography|Baseball}} *[[List of Major League Baseball principal owners]] ==References== {{Commons category|Mark Attanasio}} {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-bus}} {{s-bef|before=[[Wendy Selig-Prieb]]}} {{s-ttl|title=Owner of the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] franchise|years=2004–present}} {{s-inc}} {{s-end}} {{Milwaukee Brewers owners}} {{MLBOwners}} {{MLBPresidents}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Attanasio, Mark}} [[Category:Major League Baseball executives]] [[Category:Private equity and venture capital investors]] [[Category:American people of Italian descent]] [[Category:Brown University alumni]] [[Category:Milwaukee Brewers owners]] [[Category:People from Tenafly, New Jersey]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Los Angeles]] [[Category:People from the Bronx]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1957 births]] [[Category:Columbia Law School alumni]] [[Category:Drexel Burnham Lambert]]'