MATT YOUNG
Founder & CEO
CriticalPoint
Matt Young, founder and CEO of CriticalPoint, continues to be known for his tenacity and dealmaking acumen in Southern California’s finance community. He works to cultivate a client-first culture, driven by entrepreneurship and teamwork, which enables the firm to consistently deliver exceptional results for business owners, founders, entrepreneurs, stakeholders, private equity clients and management teams.
Young has more than 20 years of experience in the finance industry, including principal investing at Platinum Equity and investment banking at Bear Stearns & Co., where he honed his expertise by working on high-profile deals that sharpened his understanding of the rapidly evolving tech industry. Driven by a desire to address the needs of underserved lower and middle- market businesses, Young seeks to deliver bulge-bracket quality with a nimble, client-focused model. Under his leadership, CriticalPoint has expanded to almost 50 professionals, many of whom come from top-tier financial firms.
