Craig Thompson

Founding Finance & GTM @ Aleph | Ex-KKR, Goldman | Building the future of FP&A

New York City Metropolitan Area

About

Craig is a Finance leader passionate about finance, tech and education. Current finance leader at Aleph, an AI-native FP&A software company. He is a former founder, podcast host, investment banker and private equity investor with prior roles at Goldman Sachs and KKR, and an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Brings expertise in finance, strategy, and economics to empower teams, align with organizational goals, and foster impactful growth.

Experience

  • Founding Finance & GTM at Aleph
    2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

    I built a competing FP&A product, learned about Aleph, and realized they built it better. Joined as employee #15. Since then: helped graduate the company from founder-led sales, created our go-to-market motion for PE-backed companies and their sponsors, stood up the solutions engineering team, and currently lead our finance and legal functions. These days I spend 80% of my day using Aleph and 20% talking about why I love it so much.

  • Creator & Host at Breaking Into Finance Podcast
    2023 - Present · 3 yrs 7 mos

    The work product I'm most proud of. Launched the podcast I wished I'd had as a liberal arts major without any family ties to the business world. Open-sourced the technicals training I gave to hundreds of undergrads when I was at Goldman Sachs so anyone, anywhere could access previously only available to students at a select few colleges. 100,000+ downloads and top-rated finance education podcast.

  • Co-Founder & CEO at Prophet Models
    2021 - 2023 · 2 yrs

    Started an FP&A software company to address the pain points I saw firsthand as an investor to replace Excel. After 3 years and a lot of churn, realized that another startup - a direct competitor - was going to be a generational company.

  • Private Equity Associate at KKR
    2017 - 2019 · 2 yrs

  • Goldman Sachs ()
    • Investment Banking Associate
      2016 - 2017 · 1 yr

    • Investment Banking Analyst
      2014 - 2016 · 2 yrs