Jigar Shah
Jigar is one of the country’s best known energy entrepreneurs, investors, and strategists.
Named to the 2024 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people, Jigar most recently served as Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, the federal government’s clean energy investment vehicle. He transformed the agency, leading a tenfold increase in loan authority and deploying $108 billion in debt financing for clean energy and advanced transportation projects.
Prior to his government service, Jigar co-founded and was President of Generate Capital ($10B AUM), which largely invented low-cost, infrastructure-as-a-service financing.
He also founded SunEdison, where he pioneered third-party power purchase agreement solar financing, and eventually sold the company for almost $400 million.
Jigar was the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change. He began his career in business development for BP.
Jigar has been on the boards of NYSERDA, the Center for Sustainable Energy and Spower (now part of AES).
He is the author of the book “Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy” and was a founding co-host of the Energy Gang podcast. Jigar currently co-hosts the popular podcast “Open Circuit” from Latitude Media. Tune in!
Jonathan Silver
Jonathan is one of the nation’s leading clean economy investors and advisors. He is Chair of the Global Climate Council at Apollo Global Management, a large private equity investor, where he helps guide the investment of up to $100 billion in sustainability-related companies.
Jonathan was the first Executive Director of the Loan Programs Office at the US Department of Energy, the government’s clean energy investment fund. He led investments in wind, solar, geothermal, and nuclear companies, and was the first major investor in Tesla.
Jonathan has also served as Senior Advisor at Guggenheim Partners, a $350 billion investment firm and bank, where he worked with global cleantech and climate-tech companies.
He is on the board of National Grid (NYSE: NGG), a British utility and one of the 300 largest companies in the world, and chair of Terram Labs, a rapidly growing supplier of sustainable packaging solutions.
Jonathan has been an advisor to, or been on the board of, over 20 cleantech and climate-tech companies, including NextEra and ICF.
Earlier, Jonathan was Managing Partner of Tax Equity Advisors, making solar investments for Fortune 500 clients; Managing Director and COO of Tiger Management, one of the country’s largest hedge funds; and the co-founder of Core Capital, a top tier venture capital firm. He has also served as Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Secretaries of Commerce and Interior.
Jonathan is a former Chair of the Board of American Forests, the country’s oldest forest conservation group and was on the board of the Federation of American Scientists. He began his career at McKinsey and Company.