Jigar Shah is an energy entrepreneur, investor, and strategist who was featured on the 2024 TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people. He co-founded Multiplier to help entrepreneurs achieve better exits.
Most recently, Jigar oversaw the reinvigoration of the Loan Programs Office at the U.S. Department of Energy, where he helped inspire hundreds of entrepreneurs and innovators choose to invest in the USA to onshore manufacturing, innovative project finance, and tribal energy.
Prior to joining the DOE, Shah co-founded and served as the President of Generate Capital, the leading investment and operating platform for distributed energy storage, microgrids, fuel cells, electric vehicles, and organic waste management. He also founded SunEdison, the inventor of the modern solar-as-a-service industry and served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Shah is the author of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy, a book that outlines his mission to scale the transition to a global clean energy economy.
Every week he co-hosts a podcast, Open Circuit by Latitude Media.
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Co-Managing PartnerMultiplier* Feb 2025 - PresentWashington Dc-Baltimore Area• Co-founded Multiplier* to assist management teams in achieving better exits. • Engaged with over 250 companies, VCs, and strategics to validate the need to try new strategies. • Secured initial clients and exploring other ways to support the overall ecosystem.
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Director, Doe Loan Programs OfficeDoe Loan Programs Office Mar 2021 - Jan 2025Washington DcLPO has more than $40 billion in loans and loan guarantees available to help deploy large-scale energy infrastructure projects in the United States. Over the past decade, LPO has closed more than $30 billion of deals that has saved 60 million metric tons of CO2 emissions, manufactured 20 million fuel-efficient vehicles in the U.S., and created clean electricity to power 49,000 homes annually. LPO does not compete with commercial lenders. LPO focuses on taking misunderstood technology risks by leveraging thousands of engineers and scientists that work for the Department of Energy and the National Labs who can dive deep, understand new technologies, and work with borrowers to mitigate risks associated with bringing innovative tech to scale. -
Co-Founder And PresidentGenerate Capital Jun 2014 - Mar 2021San Francisco Bay AreaGenerate Capital is a specialty finance company based in San Francisco, California, founded by several leading entrepreneurs and financiers in the renewable energy, technology, finance and sustainability sectors. It partners with project developers and technology manufacturers globally to finance the Resource Revolution – doing more with less of our critical resources like energy, water, food and materials. For more information on Generate Capital, please visit www.generatecapital.com. -
PartnerClean Feet Investors Aug 2010 - Dec 2013New York, NyPutting my money where my mouth is
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CeoCarbon War Room Jun 2009 - Mar 2012The Carbon War Room is a non-profit organization whose mission is to immediately stop the business-as-usual systems and practices that proliferate carbon, and replace them with low-carbon and no-carbon innovations and alternatives that reverse or stop global warming.” -
Founder, CeoSunedison, Llc Jan 2003 - Nov 2008Maryland, United StatesFounded this company in 2003. In charge of sales, strategy and long term planning as well as day-to-day duties. SunEdison unlocked the "solar as a service" model, created the first bankable contract and dedicated solar financing fund with Goldman Sachs in 2005. Through business model innovation, SunEdison led the solar industry from a small niche industry to a dominant multi-billion dollar solar industry worldwide.
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Business DevelopmentBp Solar Jan 2000 - Sep 2003Initially started in the M&A Group. Supported sales groups with financing and marketing support. -
AnalystEnergetics Sep 1997 - Dec 1999Government Consulting - supported the Office of Transportation Technologies within the Department of Energy. Worked on the Partnership for a New Generation Vehicles; Fuel Cells; Clean Transportation Fuels; Clean Cities; Battery Technologies. -
EngineerAstropower Jun 1995 - Aug 1995Worked in Chemical Preparation part of the manufacturing plant.
Jigar Shah Education Details
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University Of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School Of BusinessEntrepreneurship -
University Of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignMechanical Engineer
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Sterling High SchoolDrama
Frequently Asked Questions about Jigar Shah
What company does Jigar Shah work for?
Jigar Shah works for Multiplier*
What is Jigar Shah's role at the current company?
Jigar Shah's current role is Co-Managing Partner.
What schools did Jigar Shah attend?
Jigar Shah attended University Of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School Of Business, University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Sterling High School.
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