Craig R. Everett

Dr. Craig R. Everett serves as Assistant Professor of Finance and Director of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project at Pepperdine University's Graziadio Business School. With over two decades of industry experience at Accenture and Northrop Grumman plus startup ventures, he integrates practical insights into academic frameworks for private capital markets and entrepreneurial finance.

His academic credentials include:

• PhD in Finance from Purdue University
• MBA from George Mason University
• BA in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University

Research focuses on entrepreneurial finance, private capital markets, business valuation, and behavioral corporate finance, with extensions into small business finance and crowdfunding. His work examines market inefficiencies through lenses of social lending, portfolio management, and minimum wage impacts, while his children's novel Toby Gold and the Secret Fortune pioneers financial literacy education for youth.

Recent publications (2012-2015) reveal evolving research trajectories from traditional corporate finance toward behavioral aspects of social lending and impact investing, particularly through benefit corporations. This progression demonstrates increasing emphasis on finance's societal dimensions alongside technical market analysis.

No scientific awards were documented in source materials.

Though no academic advisees are listed, Dr. Everett actively shapes financial education through Junior Achievement classroom volunteering (K-12) and National Financial Educators Council curriculum development. His industry engagements include California certification as mergers & acquisitions advisor and registered investment advisor.

As Director of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project, he leads research initiatives connecting academic scholarship with private equity, venture capital, and small business financing practices through industry partnerships and data-driven analysis.