Glenn M. Creamer
Born
Rhode Island
EducationBrown University, BA, Economics; Harvard Business School, MBA
Occupation(s)Private Equity Investor; co-founder & Senior Managing Director Emeritus of Providence Equity Partners

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]

Early life and education

Creamer 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

Creamer 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

Creamer 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

  1. ↑ "Glenn Creamer". Providence Equity.
  2. ↑ "Firm Overview". Providence Equity.
  3. ↑ "CRS Foundation Board". CRS. March 8, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Creamer Named Chairman of World Affairs Councils of America" (PDF).
  5. ↑ "WACA | Main". worldaffairscouncils.org.
  6. ↑ "Thomas Becket Foundation". Brown-RISD Catholic.
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