Carter LeCraw was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He accepted a tennis scholarship to Georgia Tech in 1971 and graduated with a degree in Industrial Management. Upon graduation he completed Officer Candidate School in Newport, Rhode Island where he received a officer’s commission in the United States Navy Reserve. He then graduated from Navy Supply Corps School in Athens, Georgia and susequently served four years as a Supply Corps Officer. Carter received the Certified Financial Planner® designation in 1987 and founded what is now American Values Investments in 1997.

Carter is active in Republican politics and ran for Tennessee state senate in 2020. He has also written for the Hungarian Conservative Journal, a publication of the Danube Institute in Budapest, Hungary. He is married to Debbie LeCraw and has one son, Peter. He enjoys tennis and picke ball, is a member of Marvin’s Chapel Methodist Church, and lives in Gray, Tennessee.