An entrepreneur and visionary, Jigar Shah is committed to leveraging the next economy by solving the challenging issues of our time. Jigar has recognized this as “The Impact Economy,” also the subject of his upcoming book. He is a partner at Inerjys, a $1 billion fund that invests in clean energy via growth capital and project finance and CEO of Jigar Shah Consulting. He previously served as CEO of The Carbon War Room and currently serves on its board. In 2003, Jigar founded SunEdison, today the world's largest solar services company and under his leadership, SunEdison revolutionized the solar industry by introducing a business model to sell solar as a service. Jigar holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, and an MBA from the University of Maryland. He also sits on the boards of Solar Nexus, Greenpeace USA and Prometheus Institute. He works closely with some of the world’s leading influencers and guides policy makers around the globe on key issues to implement solutions for global warming and sustainability that will unlock that next trillion dollar impact economy.