OWNERSHIP wes edens OWNER Wesley R. Edens is co-founder and co-chairman of Fortress Investment Group LLC. Fortress, founded in 1998, is a global investment manager with $72 billion of assets under management. Wes is primarily responsible for Fortress’s private equity business, which invests in various in- dustries including transportation, infrastructure, real estate, health care, financial services and media/entertainment. Under Wes’ leadership, Fortress has helped shape the foundation of global investments and supports innovative transportation and infrastructure projects worldwide. In addition to serving on a number of professional boards and commissions, Wes is a trustee and longtime supporter of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation and active philanthropist. He and his family established an endowed professorship at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn., the Edens Professorship in Global Health, along with a research fund to focus on solving international infectious disease and environmental health hazards. The son of a Sparta, Wis.-native mother, Wes grew up in rural Montana on a ranch where he first began participating in outdoor sports and living an active lifestyle. After ski racing and playing a wide range of sports as a child, he continues his active lifestyle today by mountain climbing, running and jumping horses. His interest in climbing has led Wes to scale challenging mountains around the world including the Matterhorn, the Grand Teton and Mount Kilimanjaro. Wes and his wife Lynn have four children: Ryan, Madison, Mallory and Quentin. Ryan lives in New York and works in the sports industry. Their daughters, Madison and Mallory, are both attending college. Madison has a passion for science and recently was accepted to an accelerated medical school program. Mallory is a member of her university’s cross country running team. Their young- est child, Quentin, is a junior in high school. Wes received a B.S. in Finance from Oregon State University. 8 OWNERSHIP INFO GENERAL OFFICE FRONT marc lasry OWNER Marc Lasry is the Co-Founder, CEO and Chairman of Avenue Capital Group, a global invest- ment firm with over $13 billion of assets under management. Founded in 1995, Avenue has PLAYERS been a pioneer in the distress-debt market, successfully investing in debt and equity secu- rities of struggling companies across a variety of industries. Marc has said that his story personifies the American dream. Born in Morocco, he immi- grated to the United States when he was 7 years old, with minimal financial resources. When he first attended Connecticut public schools, Marc did not speak a word of English, learning it through the news and reading his parents’ encyclopedias. The son of a computer programmer and a schoolteacher, he would go on to win a basketball scholarship at Clark 2014-15 SEASON University, become a lawyer and hold a clerkship with a federal bankruptcy judge before entering finance. Prior to founding Avenue, Marc co-founded Amroc Investments, LLC, and managed capital RECORDS for Amroc Investments, L.P., the predecessor firm associated with Robert M. Bass Group, Inc. In addition, Marc was co-director of the Bankruptcy and Corporate Reorganization De- partment at Cowen & Company, and previously served as director of the Private Debt Depart- ment at Smith Vasiliou Management Company. Marc also held a clerkship for the Honorable STATS & Edward Ryan, former Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Southern District of New York. In addition to his business success, Marc and his wife Cathy have been extremely active in philanthropy. He and his wife established the chair in race relations at the University of Pennsylvania in the School of Arts and Sciences and have also served as joint chairs of HISTORY the Penn Parent Leadership Committee. The couple also funded the construction of the Lasry Center for Bioscience and the Cohen-Lasry House, home to the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, at their alma mater, Clark University. Marc is currently a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and he also serves on the Board of Directors of The Clinton Global Initiative and the Board of the 92nd Street Y. He previously served as a NBA member of the Board of Trustees of The Mount Sinai Medical Center. THE Marc and his wife Cathy are the proud parents of five children. The couple also recently became grandparents. He received a B.A. in History from Clark University (1981) and a J.D. from New York Law School (1984). MEDIA 9 OWNERSHIP jamie dinan OWNER Jamie Dinan is the founder, chairman & CEO of York Capital Management, one of the world’s most successful hedge funds. Jamie is a co-portfolio manager of York Multi-Strategy, York Credit Opportunities, York Event-Driven UCITS funds, and York Sub-Advised ‘40 Act Strategy, portfolio manager of the York Total Return funds, and the chair of the firm’s Executive Committee. The third of five children, Jamie was born in Baltimore to a textile engineer father and homemaker mother before later growing up in Worcester, Mass. Though money was tight in his youth, his parents focused their resources and efforts on providing education for their children. Jamie is a life-long basketball fan and has been following the Bucks since Oscar Robertson played for the team in the 1970s. He believes the team is well positioned under the leadership of coach Jason Kidd and looks forward to another successful season. From 1985 to 1991, Jamie worked at Kellner, DiLeo & Co., where he became a general partner and was responsible for investing in risk arbitrage and special situation investments. From 1981 to 1983, he was a member of the investment banking group at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Inc. Jamie is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of the City of New York. Additionally, he serves on the board of directors for the United States Olympic and Paralym- pic Foundation, the Hospital for Special Surgery, the nation’s pre-eminent orthopedic surgery hospital, and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. He also sits on the Harvard Business School’s Board of Dean’s Advisors, the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and The Wharton Board of Overseers at the University of Pennsylvania. Jamie and his wife Elizabeth Miller are the parents of three children. He received a B.S. in Eco- nomics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. 10 EXECUTIVE STAFF INFO peter feigin PRESIDENT Peter Feigin brings over two decades of dynamic corporate leader- GENERAL ship to the Milwaukee Bucks, where he’s charged with spearheading the next chapter of this storied team’s legacy. Peter’s experience cuts across a wide spectrum of business and entertainment corporations, from the NBA to private aviation, from digital media and motion pic- OFFICE tures to theme parks. His talents are the key to helping realize the Bucks’ transformational vision: a championship team playing in a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose facility that will drive the creation of new partnerships, new jobs and a FRONT new sense of community for the city of Milwaukee and the state of Wisconsin. Peter’s connection to the Bucks began leading up to the ownership change in the spring of 2014. As a senior advisor to the team, he helped re-organize the staff and re-focus the team’s business operations. Since being named president prior to the 2014-15 sea- son, Peter has been instrumental in driving growth across all categories of the Bucks’ PLAYERS business. Under his leadership, the team saw increases in ticket sales, sponsorship and viewership. He has led the team’s rebranding strategy and has played a critical role in helping the team secure the necessary funding to begin a development project that will transform downtown Milwaukee: the creation of a new world-class arena. As the former Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer of Deluxe Entertainment Services Group, an international media corporation, Peter directed global business units and branding. Prior to joining Deluxe, Peter was the President and Chief Operating Officer 2014-15 SEASON of Marquis Jet Partners Inc. Peter was the driving force behind Berkshire Hathaway’s NetJets acquisition of Marquis Jet in 2010 and played a central role in the integration of the two companies. After transitioning post-merger to the same responsibilities at NetJets, he led the company to significant revenue growth. RECORDS From 1998 to 2004, Peter worked for the New York Knicks in a variety of roles culmi- nating in his position as Vice President of Marketing. During his tenure, he oversaw increases in profits, season subscriptions and suite revenue. From 1993 to 1998, he STATS & held sales and marketing positions with Six Flags Theme Parks which was then a Time Warner company. Peter has served on the Boards of Directors of The Leverage Agency, Arena Media and The Agency, and currently sits on the Board of Sakara Life. He and his wife Natalia have two children, Alexandra and Thomas. Peter holds a bach- HISTORY elor’s degree from Franklin and Marshall College and completed the University of Chi- cago Booth School of Business’ Financial Executive Program. NBA THE MEDIA 11 GENERAL MANAGER INFO JOHN HAMMOND GENERAL MANAGER Bucks General Manager John Hammond begins his eighth season with GENERAL the club and brings more than 30 years of coaching and administrative experience in basketball to his post. The Zion, Ill., native was named to the position on April 11, 2008, and promptly generated an eight-win improvement in his first season and another 12 in his second, earning OFFICE the 2009-10 NBA Executive of the Year Award.