The billionaire planned to take the controlling interest The Los Angeles Lakers have built up a career that invests in everything, from sports franchises to artificial intelligence.

Mark Walter is CEO of the Global Investment and Advisory Company Guggenim Partners, who is estimated to have more than $ 325 billion in assets. He is also co-founder and CEO of Holding Company TWG Global.

Forbes estimates that the net worth of Walter is $ 6.1 billion. The publication last year at no. 216 ranked on the Forbes 400 list.

Walter received an undergraduate degree in operating administration at Creighton University and a law degree from North -West University, but eventually chose matters over a law career.

In the middle of the 1990s, he founded Liberty Hampshire, an investment management firm in Chicago. The company became part of Guggenheim Partners, who founded Walter in the late 1990s.

In addition to Guggenheim, Walter TWG Global founded entrepreneur and investor Thomas Tull. The company has a portfolio of finance and insurance sector businesses, including Guggenheim Investments, Guggenheim Securities, Group 1001 Insurance and Delaware Life. It also contains aviation and defense technology company Shield AI.

Last month, TWG Global announced a partnership with Palantir Technologies and the AI ​​enterprise of Elon Musk, Xai, Grok manufacturer, which aims to develop artificial intelligence for use in the financial services industry.

Which worldwide Also include investments in sports, media and entertainment franchises, such as the controlling interest in the Los Angeles Dodgers, Premier League Club Chelsea, the Professional women hockey league and – by TWG Motorsports – Ownership of various car racing teams, including Cadillac Formula 1.

In addition to business, Walter and his wife, Kimbra, founded or contributed to various philanthropic organizations, including the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, the Academy Group, Chicago Beyond and Onegoal.