Mark Walter
American businessman
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| 2024 | Added four nine-figure player contracts in fewer than 12 months, demonstrating continued financial commitment to team success. |
| 2024 | The Dodgers won the World Series, further solidifying the team's competitive status under Walter's ownership. |
| November 2024 | Mark Walter's TWG Global reached an agreement with General Motors and Formula One to launch the Cadillac Formula 1 Team, set to debut in the 2026 F1 season. The company also acquired ownership of Andretti Global, Spire Motorsports, and Wayne Taylor Racing, with Dan Towriss appointed as CEO of TWG's motorsports businesses. |
| March 2024 | Forbes valued the Los Angeles Dodgers at $5.45 billion. |
| January 1 2024 | The Professional Women's Hockey League officially launched in Toronto, with Billie Jean King performing the ceremonial puck drop. The Mark Walter Group owns the inaugural six teams of the new league. |
| 2023 | Walter and BlueCo acquire RC Strasbourg Alsace, a Ligue 1 football club in France. |
| 2023 | Initiated a significant spending spree, with the Dodgers signing $1.145 billion in player contracts. |
| June 29 2023 | The Mark Walter Group and BJK Enterprises purchased the intellectual property and key elements of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), a significant move in transforming professional women's hockey. |
| May 2022 | Mark Walter and Billie Jean King entered a partnership with the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) to create a new professional women's ice hockey league in North America. |
| April 2022 | Walter joined the bid led by his partner Todd Boehly to buy the English football club Chelsea. |
| 2021 | Walter teamed up with Boehly to buy out Philip Anschutz's 27% stake in the Los Angeles Lakers for an estimated $1.35 billion. |
| 2021 | Purchased multiple commercial and historic buildings in Crested Butte, Colorado for an undisclosed purpose. |
| 2020 | Under Walter's ownership, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series. |
| September 2019 | Entrepreneurs Alan Smolinisky and Robert L. Plummer joined the Dodgers ownership group. |
| 2018 | Mark Walter and his wife became the primary financial backers of the PSA World Squash Championships, enabling the event to offer its largest winners' purses in history. |
| 2018 | Billie Jean King and Ilana Kloss joined the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group. |
| 2017 | The Los Angeles Sparks, partially owned by Mark Walter, made it to the WNBA Finals. |
| 2016 | The Los Angeles Sparks, partially owned by Mark Walter, won the WNBA championship. |
| 2015 | Todd Boehly, a former Guggenheim employee, bought Security Benefit from Guggenheim Partners, marking a significant business transaction within Walter's investment network. |
| 2015 | Endowed a law scholarship with his wife Kimbra Walter at Northwestern University. |
| 2014 | Walter joined David Geffen, Oprah Winfrey, and Larry Ellison in an unsuccessful bid to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers. |
| 2014 | Donated $40 million to Northwestern University Law School. |
| 2014 | Walter and several partners bought the Los Angeles Sparks basketball team. |
| December 10 2012 | SportsBusiness Journal named Walter the 8th most influential person in sports business due to the historic Dodgers purchase. |
| May 1 2012 | Walter helped lead Guggenheim Baseball Management in successfully purchasing the Los Angeles Dodgers for $2.15 billion. |
| 2011 | Made political contributions of $30,800 to the Democratic National Committee and $5,000 to Obama for America. |
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