Matthew has always had an entrepreneurial spirit starting at the age of 11 with a local neighborhood paper route, not an easy task for a skinny kid and the harsh New York winters. His passion for people has always been his driving force. Leveraging a career in the world of finance and his multidisciplinary background, he has successfully built out teams with some of the most renowned hyper-growth and well-established companies. After a short stint working for large-scale institutional recruiting firms, he became discouraged by the traditional “one size fits all” model of the recruiting process and realized it was missing one key element, people, first and decided to start Bespoke Search Group. Bespoke’s ethos is simple if you put people and your business partners’ needs first transactions will follow. Surely, a long-term approach but one that has well served Bespoke’s candidates and clients alike. When he’s not tending to the business of Bespoke you can find Matt hopelessly cheering for the Mets or enjoying the quiet hustle of Central Park.
Mr. Graci has over 30 years of professional experience in Accounting & Finance. For the past 23 years, Mr. Graci was the CFO of Sleepy’s, a $1 billion industry leading retailer HQ’d in NY. During his tenure at Sleepy’s, Mr. Graci was a key member of the Executive Committee responsible for their expansion from a small regional brick and mortar retailer with a handful of locations to over 1,000 plus locations in 18 states with a significant online presence. Mr. Graci has extensive experience in strategic acquisitions, private equity placements, structured finance, and operations. Mr. Graci was responsible for all the treasury, accounting, auditing, budgeting and tax functions as CFO of Sleepy’s. He also managed and handled many of the components of a privately held family business.
Having recently lead Sleepy’s through a successful sale to one of its major competitors Mr. Graci now focuses his professional efforts on providing business advice and consulting services to small and mid-sized privately held companies. Philanthropically, Mr. Graci currently serves as Treasurer and is a member of the Board of Directors for The Center for Developmental Disabilities in Syosset, NY. He is also an active committee member of various non-profit organizations in the Township of Huntington, NY assisting them in their planning and fundraising efforts.
Mr. Graci holds his BBA in Accounting from Pace University and MBA in Finance.
