OUR FOUNDERS
EXECUTIVE TEAM
Craft Capital Management's team is dedicated to growing our business and finding new and better ways to serve you.
BARRY KIRONT
Chief Executive Officer
Barry Kiront is the Chief Executive Officer of Craft Capital Management LLC since 2015. He has been active in the capital markets and working with investors for close to 25 years. His focus is twofold; He is head of investment banking at Craft Capital Management. The investment banking division’s core focus, is raising capital through an established network of home offices and venture capitalists. The other area of concentration is within the wealth management division. This business includes estate and financial planning, family trust development, and retirement planning. Barry received his BS from NY Institute of Technology and his MS from Hofstra University.
STEPHEN KIRONT
Chief Operating Officer
Stephen Kiront is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Craft Capital Management. Stephen has over 28 years in the financial industry. His focus as COO is driving performance measures for the operation, often in the form of supporting the retail, institutional, and investment banking clients. Being the COO, he has the ability to have input throughout all areas of the organization, including strategic planning and execution, corporate management, client development, and customer and network operations.
RICHARD RIZZUTO
Relationship Manager
Richard is the relationship manager serving as the principal liaison between the firm and its valued clients. Richard builds loyalty through outreach, interaction, and continuous improvement of services. Richard works with leadership to promote the firm’s products and services by spearheading engagement and marketing initiatives. A native of Brooklyn, NY, Richard is a graduate of Princeton University and played 4 years for the Princeton Tigers Basketball team.
DR. YENYOU (JEFF) ZHENG
Director of Business Development
Dr. Zheng currently serves as the Director of Business Development, and as a broker with Craft Capital Management LLC. Jeff has 22 years of experience in financial industry, with a particular focus on Chinese companies listed overseas.
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MACKEY MCFARLANE
Head of Investment Banking
Mr. McFarlane joined the Craft Capital team as Head of Investment Banking in December 2024. He wears many hats and takes a hands-on approach to managing his team and the investment banking department as a whole, working with M&A, turnarounds, and structured debt and equity transactions. Mr. McFarlane spent the first 20 years of his career as an institutional stock and bond trader, working in a transfer agent and clearing firm early on. At his prior firm, J.H. Darbie & Co., he worked in institutional deposits and sales for three years before starting the banking desk. He then served as Head of Investment Banking there for five years, building and leading a thriving team of bankers and brokers.
ALEX P. HAMILTON
Managing Director of Investment Banking
Mr. Hamilton’s over 25-year Wall Street career started in equity research at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse, where he served on multi-year Institutional Investor-ranked teams. The teams were ranked #1 by Institutional Investor every eligible year and named to the All-America team every year eligible. Mr. Hamilton participated in more than 30 aerospace & defense debt and equity offerings as well as IPOs, raising over $11 billion. He later held leadership roles as Senior Managing Director and Director of Research at Jesup & Lamont and EarlyBirdCapital (a pioneer in SPACs). Most recently, he served as Co-Founder, President, and Head of Investment Banking at Donald Capital, LLC. During his time in equity research, Mr. Hamilton was ranked a top stock picker in The Wall Street Journal’s Best on the Street Survey (2008 – 2010). He has also served as a guest blogger for CNBC.com and made regular guest appearances on Bloomberg, Canada’s Business News Network (BNN), CNBC, and Fox Business. Mr. Hamilton is a graduate of Brandeis University, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. He holds the Series 7, 63, 24 and 79 FINRA licenses.