Craig Young

Craig Young is the Managing Principal of Tidewater Capital. Mr. Young is responsible for long range planning and spearheading growth initiatives for the business. On a day-to-day basis, Mr. Young oversees the firm's investment, development, asset management, and organizational functions. Since the company's inception in 2013, Mr. Young has grown the firm's portfolio by investing in and/or developing more than twenty projects throughout the Bay Area. These projects include vertical development and repositioning existing assets across a range of product types including market rate, affordable, and rent-controlled housing, as well as office, retail, hotel, industrial and self-storage assets. Mr. Young also leads the firm's investor relations efforts and has organized a series of discretionary investment vehicles alongside endowment, foundation, and family office partners.

Before establishing Tidewater, Mr. Young was a leader within the investments group at The JBG Companies (now JBG Smith) in Washington, D.C. His previous work experience includes roles at CIM Group and Deutsche Bank. Equipped with a strong entrepreneurial zeal, Mr. Young has gained significant experience across a broad range of business building endeavors throughout his career.

Mr. Young is actively involved in various philanthropic efforts aimed at promoting economic opportunity and the arts throughout the Bay Area. In 2014, Mr. Young received the Golden Brick Award; a recognition presented annually to an individual who has made an outstanding impact in their community. In 2015, Mr. Young was recognized as one of the San Francisco Business Times' 40 Under 40 honorees. Mr. Young has spoken on at Harvard and the Milken Institute as well as at industry events including ULI and NAIOP.

A native of Central Florida with deep family roots in Northern California, Mr. Young received his Bachelor of Arts from Brown University and his MBA from Harvard Business School. Mr. Young enjoys spending his free time outdoors.