Jun 23, 2014
The Rotary Club of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee Press Club presented a joint breakfast program featuring Marc Lasry, new co-owner of the Milwaukee Bucks, on Monday, June 23. Lasry and business partner Wesley Edens recently acquired the Bucks from former U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl for $550 million. Lasry is the chairman, chief executive officer and a co-founder of Avenue Capital Group. Founded in 1995, Avenue is a global investment firm with over $13 billion of assets under management. Avenue maintains its headquarters in New York with offices in London, Luxembourg, Munich and throughout Asia.
Lasry was interviewed by a panel of Milwaukee journalists at the breakfast: