Craig Rudin

Managing Partner at Evolution Properties

Principal, Managing Partner
2012 - Current
Evolution Properties is focused on residential development projects in urban infill locations primarily in Southern California. Proficient in evaluating development opportunities across product types. Projects include both ground-up development and value-add repositioning. Due to our unique capitalization structure, our objectives are a bit different than most- we buy rental units/homes and reposition to hold long term for passive income.

Portfolio Manager
2003 - 2008
• Successfully managed long-short equity portfolios of $250 million, focused in the technology, media, and telecommunications sectors. Every single year, portfolios consistently exceeded internal peer and competitive benchmark expectations through outsized returns. • Developed proprietary business evaluation model utilizing rigorous market analysis, careful risk management, and a forward-looking thought process that prioritized strategic long-term thinking, ultimately resulting in excess returns as compared to the market. • Interviewed Fortune 500 CEO/CFOs to develop forward-looking evaluations and growth dynamic models of businesses in various sectors, leveraging rigorous data analysis, inter-personal relationships, and on-site business visits to derive earnings estimates and guidance for multi-million dollar investment strategies. • Hired, trained, and led a team of 5 analysts to identify, evaluate and monitor broad sector trends, resulting in new research methodologies to interview management teams, ultimately delivering over 800 business reviews and recommendations.
Investment Analyst
2000 - 2003
Generated new ideas across twenty sub-sectors for potential public equity investments through associated financial analysis. Communicated findings to portfolio managers in daily debrief. Promoted to portfolio manager due to superior business analytical skills.

Financial Analyst
1999 - 2000
Analyzed growth trajectories for 200+ pre-IPO companies in order to market and sell offerings to institutional investors in the capital raising phase.