I am a finance professor at the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School and I teach in the MBA program. I am also the executive director of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project and the executive director of the Pepperdine Most Fundable Companies competition. My teaching and research interests include entrepreneurial finance, private capital markets, entertainment finance and behavioral corporate finance.
I hold a Ph.D. in Finance from Purdue University, an MBA from George Mason University, and a B.A. in Quantitative Economics from Tufts University. I am the author of the children’s financial literacy thriller Toby Gold and the Secret
Fortune, which incorporates such financial topics as saving, investing, banking, entrepreneurship, interest rates, return on investment, and net worth.
I am a member of the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, Financial Executives International, and the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). My research has been featured in national financial media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Fox Business, BusinessWeek and CNBC. I am a frequent speaker at financial conferences and events.
I am married with five children, who are all awesome.
You can reach me at prof at craigeverett dot com