The Partners of Craton Equity Partners are Robert W. MacDonald, Tom Soto and Kevin Wall. Mr. MacDonald and Mr. Soto serve as the principal deal makers. In addition, these individuals constitute the Investment Committee, which is the primary operating oversight committee of Craton. Bob Baxter serves as Chief Financial Officer.
  • The Board of Craton Equity Partners consists of John D. Kuhns, Thomas M. Valenzuela, Daniel D. Villanueva, Ed Begley, Jr., Dr. Ian Goldin, and Messrs. Soto, Wall and MacDonald.
  • Craton’s Partners and Craton’s Partners and Board members collectively possess a valuable combination of skill sets derived from their current positions as well as from their prior experience, including as:
    • The co-founders of Catalyst Energy (Messrs. MacDonald and Kuhns),
    • Founder of Live Earth and online entertainment pioneer (Mr. Wall),
    • The founder of a company that establishes technological solutions for regulatory compliance (Mr. Soto),
    • Former Vice President of the World Bank (2003-2006) and the World Bank's Director of Development Policy (2001-2003) (Dr. Goldin),
    • The founder of Bastion Capital, whose major acquisition, Telemundo Television Network, was sold to NBC for in excess of $2 billion (Mr. Villanueva); and
    • The president of a leading institutional investment firm (Mr. Valenzuela).
Craton Partners: Additional Board of
Directors:
Senior Advisors:
Robert W. MacDonald
Tom Soto
Kevin Wall
Bob Baxter
Dr. Ian Goldin
John Kuhns
Danny Villanueva
Tom Valenzuela
Ed Begley, Jr.
James Strock
Richard Stuebi
Alex Saunders
Robert Buce
Paul S. Zorner, Ph.D.
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