Marc Lasry - Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Head of Sports Strategy
Marc co-founded Avenue Capital Group in 1995, and credit investing has been the focus of his professional career for over 40 years.
Prior to forming Amroc Investments, LLC (“Amroc”) as an independent entity, Marc managed capital for Amroc Investments, L.P., an investment fund affiliated with the Robert M. Bass Group. Prior to that, Marc was Co–Director of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization Department at Cowen & Company. Prior to Cowen, he was the Director of the Private Debt Department at Smith Vasiliou Management Company, the firm where he first became involved in the distressed debt markets. He spent the prior year practicing law at Angel & Frankel where he focused on bankruptcies. Marc also clerked for the Honorable Edward Ryan, former Chief Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York.
Marc is a former co-owner of the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks who oversaw the team through a period of successful growth. Under his leadership, the team built a new arena, helped revitalize Downtown Milwaukee and turned a struggling franchise into a championship organization. Marc is also a co-owner of the Milwaukee Mashers Pickleball Club and a former investor in Nets Sports & Entertainment.
Marc is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and he has served and will continue to serve on various other boards of advisors/directors of both for-profit and not-for-profit private and public companies. Marc graduated with a B.A. in History from Clark University (1981) and a J.D. from New York Law School (1984).
