Daniel Gross

Daniel Gross is an Adjunct Professor at Yale University, where he teaches courses on the finance of renewable energy at the business school, the law school, and the environment. Outside of academia, Daniel is a venture capital, private equity and infrastructure investor focused on clean energy and other sustainable technologies. He currently serves as Director of the Climate Pledge Fund, a corporate venture capital fund established by Amazon.com, with US $2 billion in initial commitments. He previously served as Chief Investment Officer of Climate Real Impact Solutions, a special purpose company listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Gross has been an investor in the African power sector and has served in advisory capacity for African utilities, utility regulators, government ministries and development finance institutions.

Mr Gross was one of the founding Partners of Hudson Clean Energy, a private equity firm with over $1 billion in assets under management. Previously, he was a Vice President in the U.S. alternative energy investment group at Goldman Sachs. Prior to Goldman, Mr Gross worked in GE Capital’s Energy Financial Services unit where he headed the renewable energy investment business. Mr Gross is a Fullbright Scholar and holds a Masters in Environmental Management, M.B.A. and B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa) from Yale University.