Tony Ressler
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Oct 27, 2026
Ethan StraussHOST
No, the Atlanta Dreamer not owned by the Atlanta Hawks ownership group is what Google tells me.
Ethan StraussHOST
They're led by majority owner Tony Ressler.
Ethan StraussHOST
OK, so I don't know why it
Ryan GlasspiegelGUEST
would be better.
John IrelandHOST
I don't know.
John IrelandHOST
The guy who owns the Hawks is Tony Ressler.
John IrelandHOST
He's married to Jamie Girtz.
John IrelandHOST
Oh, right.
John Hope BryantGUEST
into the black community, helping us to buy buildings, helping us to start businesses.
John Hope BryantGUEST
I had some Jewish partners that I partnered with, Michael Rigetti and Tony Ressler, billionaires.
John Hope BryantGUEST
We sold a company for nine figures, paid them back, gave them their money back.
John Hope BryantGUEST
It was my company.
Josh GlessingGUEST
You think about the owners that were buying into NBA teams as GPs before that.
Josh GlessingGUEST
Tony Ressler, our controlling owner, Wes Edens.
Josh GlessingGUEST
There's a lot of capital coming from institutional dollars long before institutional dollars was a thing.
Josh GlessingGUEST
So it's not necessarily new.
LoganHOST
It's like, well.
LoganHOST
i guess yeah i mean i actively want these guys to get paid less like all due respect nothing but love i support the owners in baseball like i like i support the owners no it's not out of place it's not that i just when i get lonely at night i look at the hawks cap sheet and it makes me feel warm and fuzzy and it tucks me in at night all right so that's why i'm happy jalen johnson gets quote-unquote underpaid Not because I support Tony Ressler, although I do.
LoganHOST
He is our fearless leader.
LoganHOST
I would follow that man to hell.
William D. CohanGUEST
So then he thought this fascinating opportunity, again, to his credit, he thought, I'll start my own firm.
William D. CohanGUEST
I'll recruit my favorite people and the most talented M&A people or whatever from Drexel, including his brother-in-law, Tony Ressler, who's gone on to start Ares, which is now a competitor to Apollo.
William D. CohanGUEST
They moved into a Park Avenue office of Bennett LeBeau, who had been one of Leon's clients, who was like a big cigarette mogul financed
Jonathan BoyarHOST
by
David RubensteinGUEST
Well, I interviewed a lot of owners, but the ones that you probably would know very well is Bob Kraft, who's the owner of the New England Patriots.
David RubensteinGUEST
I interviewed the owner of the Tony Ressler, the owner of the Atlanta Hawks.
David RubensteinGUEST
I interviewed Michelle Kang, who's the owner of the Washington Spirit, which is the women's soccer team.
David RubensteinGUEST
I interviewed the owner of the Chicago Cubs.
Katie NolanHOST
The CEO of the Hawks and State Farm Arena, he's the CEO of both of those, so certainly feels like he was in the position of power to do something about it.
Katie NolanHOST
Um, Steve Koonin, yikes, the ownership of the Atlanta Hawks, Tony Ressler, wanted us to do everything in our power to make it happen 'cause it's great for basketball in Atlanta.
Katie NolanHOST
That feels like a guy talking about his boss, going like, "What a nice man.
Katie NolanHOST
He wanted to support the women."
Kalia ButlerHOST
You have the ownership for the Atlanta Hawks first.
Kalia ButlerHOST
Tony Ressler, who said he wanted us to do everything in our power to make it happen because it's great for basketball in Atlanta.
Kalia ButlerHOST
Excuse me, sorry, this was the CEO that said this, but the ownership of the Atlanta Hawks really wanted to have this push and said it's great for the dream.
Kalia ButlerHOST
It's great for State Farm Arena.
Indy RandhawaHOST
... and was just like, doesn't really do too much
Samantha RandhawaHOST
Tony Ressler
Indy RandhawaHOST
A Tony Award-winning, winning wrestler?
Samantha RandhawaHOST
No [laughs]
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