Matthew Crakes

Mr. Crakes Joined Glade Brook in 2017 as a Strategic Advisor where he brings domain expertise in Southeast Asia and technology, media and telecom. Mr. Crakes is the Founder of Canaan Valley Capital Management, where he is focused on investing in public and private companies primarily in Southeast Asia. Prior to joining Glade Brook, Mr. Crakes was a managing director at Shumway Capital Partners, leading the global technology, media and telecommunications and emerging market/Asia teams and a managing director in high-yield cable/telecom research at Merrill Lynch. Mr. Crakes received an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California and a B.S. in finance and economics from Indiana University. Proficient in Mandarin, Mr. Crakes attended graduate school at Fudan University in Shanghai.