Background
Baeza, Mario Leon was born on January 22, 1951 in Newark. Son of Marco Antonio and Alma (Brown) Baeza.
Baeza, Mario Leon was born on January 22, 1951 in Newark. Son of Marco Antonio and Alma (Brown) Baeza.
Bachelor, Cornell Univercity, 1971; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1974.
Economic consultant Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California, 1974. Associate, senior associate Debevoise & Plimpton, 1974—1981, partner, 1982—1994. Head, Latin America Group Wasserstein Perella International, 1994—1996.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Baeza & Company, LLC & Baeza Group, LLC, since 1995. Merchant banker Latin America Equity Partners, 1996. Executive chairman V-Me Media Inc, since 1999.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer TCW/LAP, 2003. Lecturer Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts 1983-1986, lead director of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation & director Ariel Mutual Fund Grp., AusAm Biotechnologies, Inc., & Urban American LLC, board directors Brown Shoe Company, Inc., Air Products & Chemicals Inc., Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 2006.
Appointed by Governor Cuomo on life and law New York State Task Force, since 1984. Trustee Ariel Funds, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Board directors Council on Foreign Relations, New York Philharmonic-Symphony Society Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights underlaw, Jazz at Lincoln Center, citizens Committee for New York City National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York City.
Chairman committee on minorities in Profession, 1990-1992. Member American Bar Association, Bar Association of City of New York, Cuban American Bar Association, Hispanic National Bar Association, Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
Married Della Elizabeth Britton, February 29, 1984. Children: Ariél Cristina, Jatí Mariana, Miguel Mario.