Mark Walter
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Finance, asset management
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Chicago, Illinois
- Organization
- CEO at Guggenheim Partners LLC
- Education
- Creighton University (Bachelor of Arts/Science)Northwestern University (Doctor of Jurisprudence)
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 1
Biography
Mark Walter is CEO of investment firm Guggenheim Partners, which has more than $300 billion in assets under management.
Walter helped found the firm in the late 1990s after he folded his Chicago-based company, Liberty Hampshire, into the Guggenheim family office.
A yearlong SEC probe into Guggenheim over controversial real estate deals linked to Walter reportedly ended in 2019 with no penalty.
Walter's personal investments include stakes in plant-based food maker Beyond Meat and online car vendor Carvana.
In June, Walter agreed to buy a majority stake in the Los Angeles Lakers from the Buss family, in a deal valuing the team at approximately $10 billion.
About
Walter, who earned a law degree from Northwestern University before going into finance, gave $40 million to the school in 2014.
Walter and his wife, Kimbra, own a wildlife preserve in Florida that has a mix of threatened and endangered species.