Brown Shoe Chairman welcomes Mario Baeza & 'Bud' Wright
18 Mar '08
3 min read
The firm, Baeza & Co, later partnered with Trust Company of the West to form a Latin American-focused private equity fund. Prior to forming Baeza & Co, Mr. Baeza was a Managing Director of Wasserstein Perella, and the Chairman & CEO of Grupo Wasserstein, the Latin American arm of the firm.
Prior to that, he was a partner in the international law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School.
Mr. Baeza also serves on the boards of Air Products and Chemicals Inc, Ariel Mutual Funds, and the Israel Discount Bank of New York. Additionally, he was the lead director of the Tommy Hilfiger Corporation.
Mr. Wright's career at R.H. Macy, Inc. included stints as Executive Vice President-Operations for Macy's East and President of Macy's South.
He has a B.A. degree from Westminster College in Fulton, Mo. and a M.A. from the University of Maryland. He lives in Atlanta, where he serves on several local boards.