Craig Stein Bio

Mr. Stein is the founder and a Managing Partner of Coastline Capital and has extensive corporate and real estate transaction experience, having originated more than 50 buyout opportunities involving private and public, middle market companies ranging from $10 million to $500 million in transaction value. Mr. Stein has 20 years of experience originating investment opportunities, negotiating the acquisition of entrepreneurially owned companies, structuring buyout financing and marketing those opportunities to institutional investors ranging from multi-strategy hedge funds and insurance companies to banks and SBIC’s. Prior to forming Coastline Mr. Stein was affiliated with Altimeter Capital, a credit opportunities fund focused on domestic corporate issuers. Previously, Mr. Stein was a Managing Director of The Bartaca Company, a private investment firm that focused on buyout transactions of industrial companies, and held professional roles with MIG Realty Advisors and the Golden V Group and its successors. Mr. Stein was the Chairman of Goldsmith LLC, Interim CEO of Cargo Security Group, a member of the Advisory Board of Horizon Services, LLC, and has served as special advisor to Plumtree Ventures, LLC. Mr. Stein graduated with honors from Florida Atlantic University and holds a BBA with concentrations in Finance and Accounting.