Craige L. Stout serves as CEO and Managing Director. His experience is broad and diverse in the fields of investment banking, litigation and valuation advisory. In addition to his experience in providing transaction advisory services, Mr. Stout's litigation and valuation experience encompass a wide range of industries and has been performed for numerous purposes, including fairness and solvency opinions, estate and gift taxation, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, damage analyses, marital dissolution, shareholder disputes, condemnation, bankruptcy and reorganization, purchase price allocation, purchase and sale advisement, allocation and apportionment of interest expense (IRC section 864(e)), Subchapter C to Subchapter S conversions, and other tax and corporate related matters.
Mr. Stout has worked on more than 1,000 assignments and has served numerous industries, including, but not limited to, agriculture, aluminum recycling, automobile retailing, automotive, biotechnology, construction, computer hardware and software, death care, entertainment, financial services, fast food franchising, food processing and distribution, furniture manufacturing, graphics and printing, healthcare, manufacturing, motion picture production and distribution, music recording and publishing, professional service firms, professional sports franchises, retailing, scientific instrumentation, staffing, theaters, and transportation and warehousing.
Prior to founding SRR, Mr. Stout was with Price Waterhouse in its Valuation Services Group.
Mr. Stout has lectured and presented continuing education seminars on the subjects of mergers & acquisitions and valuation and has provided expert testimony in numerous jurisdictions throughout the Midwest. Moreover, Mr. Stout has provided advisory services to the Internal Revenue Service and the Michigan Department of Transportation.
Mr. Stout is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (accredited in business valuation), Illinois CPA Society, Chicago Estate Planning Council, The Economic Club of Chicago, and a senior member of the American Society of Appraisers. He has served or is serving on numerous boards, including the Young Presidents’ Organization (Chicago Chapter Chair), the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit, Inc. (Past President), Museum of Science and Industry – President’s Council, the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University, Respiratory Health Association of Metropolitan Chicago, Junior Achievement of Chicago, and Perspectives Charter Schools. He is a recipient of the Crain’s 40 under 40 award and Ernst & Young’s 2002 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
Education
B.A., Michigan State UniversityM.B.A., Michigan State University
Designations
- Certified Public Accountant Accredited in Business Valuation
- Accredited Senior Appraiser