Edward J Crawford

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Edward J Crawford
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Born
Edward Jacobs Crawford IV
EducationTexas Christian University (B.A.)

Tulane University (M.A., MBA, MGM)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MBA)
Occupation(s)Businessman, former intelligence officer, investor

Edward J Crawford is an American businessperson, and former intelligence officer. [1]

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He is commonly known for serving as Vice President of Goldman Sachs [2] and for being the CEO and co-founder of the private equity firm Coltala Holdings. [3] [4] [1]

Crawford has also served in the Peace Corps [5] and has been active in politics by organizing super PACs, [6] and supporting politicians such as Jeb Bush. [7]

Education

Crawford graduated from Caddo Magnet High School in 1999. [8] In 2003, he graduated from Texas Christian University with a B.A. in English and communications. [8]

Crawford also received MBA, MA, and MGM degrees from Tulane University in 2009. [9] [10] At Tulane University, Crawford was a Morton A. Aldrich Fellow, a FLAS Fellow, and a Cowen Scholar in Latin American Studies. [10] [11] Crawford also received and the Robert V. Tessaro Young Volunteer Award. [12]

Crawford also received an Master of Business Administration from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [13] At MIT, he was a Sloan Leadership Fellow. [11]

Public service career

As part of the Peace Corps, Crawford served in the Dominican Republic, where he established a coffee cooperative to support farmers. [14] [5] [15] [16] The cooperative, named CoopCafeSur eventually expanded to include over 300 coffee farmers across the country. [13] [11] It also began selling products to coffee buyers in global markets. [2]

During the 40th anniversary of the Peace Corps’ founding, Crawford was named to the Peace Corps’ Top 40 Under 40 list. [13] [9]

Military career

Crawford served in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Intelligence Officer, first serving as an intelligence officer with Special Operations Command in Latin America. [14] [13] And he was assigned to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, during which he served as a Tribal and Political Advisor for SEAL Teams Two and Four as part of a Special Operations Task Force. [14] [2]

Business career

After finishing his tenure with the Peace Corps, Crawford worked at the private equity firm Advantage Capital Partners (AC), before leaving the company to join the investment bank Goldman Sachs. [13]

Crawford is a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization. [14] He was named in Diversity MBA Magazine's Top 50 Under 50 list. He was also named one of Fort Worth Inc.’s Entrepreneurs of Excellence in 2021. [17]

Crawford is the coordinator of War Veterans Fund. The organization for helps fellow war veterans. [18] [19]

References

  1. 1 2 "Governor Abbott Appoints Three to Product Development and Small Business Incubator Board". Office of the Texas Governor. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  2. 1 2 3 "40 under 40". National Peace Corps Association . Archived from the original on 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  3. ↑ Prior, Jon. "Dallas' newest private investment firm will hold onto companies longer than traditional funds". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  4. ↑ Leffert, Catherine. "Coltala Holdings and Trive Capital form partnership to acquire lower middle-market companies". Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  5. 1 2 "New scholarship program hopes to attract more Peace Corps volunteers to business". Freeman News. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  6. ↑ "Jeb Jr. and Slater Bayliss step up". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  7. ↑ Ammann, Phil (2015-08-28). "Jeb Bush's "Mission: NEXT" bundler program lands in Miami Sept. 24". Florida Politics. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  8. 1 2 "Wedding of Edward J. Crawford IV and Mary Elizabeth Hawkins". The Times. 2006-04-02. p. 45. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  9. 1 2 "Alumnus delivers TEDx talk on servant leadership". Freeman News. 2019-12-05. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  10. 1 2 "A message from Afghanistan". Freeman News. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  11. 1 2 3 "MIT Panel: Investors and Entrepreneurs". MIT Club of Dallas and Fort Worth. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  12. ↑ Strachan, Sue (2015-05-19). "Astronaut Douglas Hurley among those honored with a Tulane University Alumni Award". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 "40 under 40". NPCA | Advocacy. Archived from the original on 2024-01-08. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  14. 1 2 3 4 "Abbott appoints Fort Worth business leader to incubator board". Fort Worth Business Press. 2021-11-15. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  15. ↑ Green, Daniel R. (2017-07-15). In the Warlords' Shadow: Special Operations Forces, the Afghans, and Their Fight Against the Taliban. Naval Institute Press. ISBN   978-1-61251-816-9.
  16. ↑ "Recap of Kennedy & Shriver RPCVSF on October 2, 2015" (PDF).
  17. ↑ "Fort Worth Inc". Fort Worth Inc. Retrieved 2024-01-08.
  18. ↑ Connolly, Griffin (2019-05-23). "Reps. Crenshaw, Gallagher, Waltz urge more GOP veterans to run for Congress". Roll Call. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  19. ↑ "Ready to Lead: The War Veterans Fund Brings Integrity to Congress". American Veterans Honor Fund. 2020-08-20. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
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