Mark Attanasio

Mark Attanasio
Mark Attanasio with his wife at Miller Park
Born	(1957-09-29) September 29, 1957 (age 59) The Bronx, New York
Education	Brown University, A.B. 1979 Columbia Law School, J.D. 1982
Occupation	Owner of the Milwaukee Brewers Senior executive, TCW/Crescent Mezzanine and Trust Company of the West

Mark L. Attanasio (born September 29, 1957) is a Los Angeles businessman and owner of the Milwaukee Brewers. In September 2004, he reached a deal, on behalf of an investment group, to purchase the Milwaukee Brewers from the family of Major League Baseball (MLB) commissioner Bud Selig for an estimated US$223 million. The deal was approved by MLB at the owners' winter meeting on January 13, 2005.

Attanasio was born in The Bronx, New York and grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey, where he attended high school. He graduated from Brown University with a B.A. in 1979 and received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1982.

He co-founded the Dallas investment firm Crescent Capital Partners in 1991, which was later bought by Trust Company of the West in 1995. In 2001, Attanasio joined the board of directors at the telecommunications firm Global Crossing, which filed for bankruptcy in January 2002. He resigned his position on the board shortly thereafter.

He is a senior executive with the money management firms TCW/Crescent Mezzanine and Trust Company of the West.