Mario Baeza
| Mario L. Baeza | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 January 1951 |
| Nationality | Cuban-American |
| Occupation | Corporate lawyer, Investment banker, Entrepreneur, Musician and Philanthropist |
Mario L. Baeza (born January 22, 1951) is a Cuban-American corporate lawyer, investment and merchant banker, entrepreneur, musician/composer and philanthropist.
Mario L. Baeza (born January 22, 1951) is a Cuban-American corporate lawyer, investment and merchant banker, entrepreneur, producer/composer and philanthropist. At the age of seven, Mario Baeza emigrated with his family from Guanabacoa, Cuba, six months before Fidel Castro came to power. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in three years from Cornell University in 1971 (triple major, honors and distinctions in all subjects), and earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1974.
He is currently the Founder and controlling shareholder of The Baeza Group LLC, the first U.S. Hispanic owned merchant banking firm, and plays an active role in many of the firm’s portfolio companies, including: the Founder and former Executive Chairman of V-me Media Inc., a national Spanish language television network distributed through the digital channels of public television affiliate stations; the Chairman and CEO of Sitio Saludable, Inc. a national multi-disciplinary media company formed to increase health literacy and provide positive health behavior change among all age groups targeting initially the U.S. Hispanic population; the Chairman and CEO of Tropix Holdings, LLC, a Cuba-focused merchant-banking firm formed to make legally authorized investments in a variety of sectors in Cuba, pending the complete lifting of the U.S. embargo; the Chairman and CEO of Alternative Energy Partners, Inc., a company focused on integrating various forms of green energy, with a predominant focus on hydrogen fuel cell technology; and the Founder and Chairman of AJM Records, an independent record label, and The Access Studio, Inc. for new and established recording artists.
From 1974 to 1994, Mr. Baeza was an associate and then, at the age of 29, became a partner of the international law firm of Debevoise&Plimpton where he specialized in domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and the negotiation and structuring of private equity funds and private equity investments. He became the leading expert in the country on the use of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) as defensive tools in hostile takeovers. Mr. Baeza also founded and was the head of the firm's Latin America Group and, prior to that, its leveraged buyout practice, and its telecommunications and new technology practice. Mr. Baeza was consistently the top or one of the top billing partners of the firm throughout his tenure as a partner of Debevoise and Plimpton. He was also the first Black or Latino to start as an associate in a major New York law firm and rise through the ranks to full partnership.
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