Occupation Financier Nationality American | Name Alexander Crutchfield Role Financial investor | |
Born December 12, 1958 (age 65)
Tucson, Arizona ( 1958-12-12 ) Education Columbia Business School, Claremont McKenna College | ||
Alexander Crutchfield (born December 12, 1958) is an American businessman, financier and investor.
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Born in Tucson, Arizona, a fifth generation Arizonan, he earned a BA in African History, Economics and Accounting from Claremont McKenna College as a Distinguished Scholar and recipient of the CMC Student Citizen Award. He earned an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Columbia University Graduate School of Business. He is a member of Mensa.
Career
Crutchfield founded American Water Development Inc. (AWDI) with Maurice Strong, Robert O. Anderson, David R. Williams, Jr, and Samuel Belzberg, and served as its Vice Chairman. AWDI launched the first attempt to create a large scale private water development project in the Western United States. Other members of the board of directors included William D. Ruckelshaus and Richard D. Lamm. This project, however, failed to gain regulatory or legal approval.
He also served as Vice Chairman of First Colorado Corporation, a private company which acquired and developed over 500,000 acres (2,000 km2) of land and mineral rights in seven western states.
He also founded Oasis Partners, an investment and advisory firm. Oasis Partners originates, structures and invests in opportunities in real estate and private equity, focused on US and UK Real Estate, China and India. He serves as the Chair of the Advisory Board of Griffin Capital in London.
He is an expert on Middle East Energy matters and is a frequent speaker and contributor on these issues, notably in Qatar.
Board membership
He serves as an advisor or on the boards of numerous private companies and not for profit organizations including: