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Mark Attanasio, principal owner of the Milwaukee Brewers and co-founder of the Los Angeles-based Crescent Capital Group investment firm, does not appear on Forbes’ 2023 list of the world’s 2,640 billionaires.
Most estimates put his net worth at $700 million.
Net worth is a person’s assets — such as cash, home, stocks and property — minus debts owed.
The employment information website NCESC.com estimated without documentation that Attanasio is worth $1.1 billion.
CelebrityNetWorth.com, GoBankingRates.com, Statista.com and InvestorTimes.com published estimates of $700 million.
The Brewers are seeking improvements to American Family Field, where they play their home games. A bill approved by the Wisconsin Assembly calls for the team to contribute $100 million and for state, city of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County taxpayers to contribute $546 million.
On May 25 Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said that Milwaukee risks losing the Brewers to another city if renovations to the stadium aren’t made.
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Sources
MLB: Mark Attanasio Chairman and Principal Owner
crescentcap.com: Capital Markets Team
Forbes: Forbes’ 37th Annual World’s Billionaires List: Facts And Figures 2023
Forbes: World’s Billionaires List
Employment Security Commission: Mark Attanasio Net Worth
Celebrity Net Worth: Mark Attanasio Net Worth
GOBankingRates: The 20 Richest MLB Team Owners
Statista: MLB richest team owners in the U.S. 2022
INVESTOR TIMES: Mark Attanasio Net Worth
Wisconsin Watch: Milwaukee Brewers stadium: Would counties give local tax money?
Wisconsin Watch: Does Milwaukee Brewers stadium plan give up $600M ‘for nothing’?
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