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Mr. Wright has a wealth of financial management and merger and acquisition experience, particularly with respect to sports franchises and arenas. He is currently the CFO of The Kroenke Group, a holding company that includes ownership of several Colorado sports franchises, cultural and entertainment activities and several real estate holdings, including The Pepsi Center. He also serves as a Vice President for Kroenke Sports and has responsibility for analyzing many new investment opportunities for the company. Mr. Wright currently serves on The National Lacrosse League Board of Governors as the Governor for the Mammoth and is Chairman of the NLL Finance Committee. He also has operational responsibility for certain operating units at KSE and oversees the operations of the Blue Sky Grill. Previously, he spent over 20 years as an outside professional financial advisor, including over 14 years as a partner with Ernst & Young, the last 8 of which were based in Philadelphia.
Mr. Wright worked with literally hundreds of clients in his career and specialized in the sports and entertainment business for the past several years. Non-confidential client assignments during that time have included clients that purchased the: Montreal Canadians, Colorado Avalanche, Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, Vancouver (currently Memphis) Grizzlies, Denver Nuggets, Washington Wizards and three of the facilities used by those teams. Mr. Wright is also a shareholder and officer of an indoor soccer franchise playing in the MISL.
He is a frequent speaker on mergers & acquisitions and sports industry subjects. He has written over 20 articles for professional publications on a wide range of topics. Mr. Wright holds several professional certifications (CPA, CMA, CIRA, CMC) and belongs to a number of professional organizations. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Duke University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University, where he received the Faculty Award for Distinguished Achievement. He has also served on the Board of Trustees of several charitable organizations, and is currently on the Board of the Mile High United Way. | 