Bio

Brian Cassidy serves as president and a partner of the firm. He leads the media strategy and is a member of the Investment Committee. Brian Cassidy joined Crestview in 2004 and is president and a partner. He is also a member of the Investment Committee and head of the media strategy. Brian is currently chairperson of TenCate Grass and a member of the boards of directors of Camping World Holdings, Congruex, Digicomm International, FC3, Gersh, Hornblower Holdings, Viad Corp and WOW!. He previously worked on Crestview’s investments in Charter Communications, Cumulus Media, ICM Partners, Insight Communications, Industrial Media, Interoute Communications, NEP Group, OneLink Communications and ValueOptions. Prior to joining Crestview, Brian worked in private equity at Boston Ventures, investing in the media and business services industries before becoming the acting CFO of portfolio company, ec-Content. Prior to that, he was an investment banking analyst at Alex. Brown & Sons, where he advised companies in the consumer and business services sectors on capital markets and M&A transactions. Brian received an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar, and an A.B. in physics from Harvard College.