Glenn Creamer is a senior advisor and Senior Managing Director Emeritus of Providence Equity Partners, a global private equity firm based in Providence, Rhode Island, which manages funds with US$32 billion in commitments.[1]
Glenn M. Creamer | |
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| Education | Brown University, BA, Economics; Harvard Business School, MBA |
| Occupation(s) | Private Equity Investor; co-founder & Senior Managing Director Emeritus of Providence Equity Partners |
Early life and education
editCreamer grew up in Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University in 1984 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Relations. Creamer graduated Harvard Business School in 1988 with a Master of Business Administration.
Career
editCreamer worked in investment banking at Merrill Lynch and later at J.P. Morgan & Co. Upon graduating HBS, Creamer joined Narragansett Capital, a private equity firm based in Providence, Rhode Island.
Subsequently, Creamer helped found Providence Equity Partners, one of the world's leading industry-focused private equity firms.[2]
Philanthropy
editCreamer serves as chairman of the Catholic Relief Services Foundation, which raises funds to support the work of Catholic Relief Services.[3] CRS works in over 100 countries.
Creamer is chairman of the World Affairs Councils of America, based in Washington DC.[4] WACA is the nation's largest nonpartisan grassroots organization dedicated to engaging the American public in foreign affairs.[5]
Creamer is president of the Thomas Becket Foundation at Brown University.[6] He also serves on the boards of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Mustard Seed Communities, and the American Friends of Jamaica. He is a member of the board of dean's advisors at the Harvard Business School.
References
edit- ^ "Glenn Creamer". Providence Equity. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "Firm Overview". Providence Equity. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "CRS Foundation Board". CRS. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original on November 20, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
- ^ "Creamer Named Chairman of World Affairs Councils of America" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "WACA | Main". worldaffairscouncils.org. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
- ^ "Thomas Becket Foundation". Brown-RISD Catholic. Archived from the original on 2022-11-20. Retrieved 2022-11-20.