OwnEnergy Leadership

Jacob Susman is a principal investor, a corporate renewables thought leader, a Founder-CEO & business builder, a project and corporate finance professional and a project developer & originator with a global power sector network. He has been building businesses, investing, developing and originating renewable energy since 1999. Jacob established a foundation in credit as a corporate banker with CoreStates, then led renewable energy business development for AES, a global power company, in Spain. After business school, at Wharton, Jacob joined Goldman Sachs as a principal investor and was instrumental in its successful investment in Horizon Wind Energy.Jacob left Goldman to found OwnEnergy. He led the business through the full venture cycle, from conception to exit, including recruiting and managing its industry-leading team, raising capital, establishing a nationwide brand, originating PPA's with corporate and utility clients, developing projects, monetizing assets, leading the Company's board and managing a successful sale to EDF Renewable Energy. While at EDF Renewables, Jacob served as its executive leader of customer-facing activities in its US Grid Scale Power business, with a primary focus on originating long-term power contracts with corporate and utility customers. After leaving EDF, Jacob was one of four partners who founded Mission Driven Capital Partners, a growth capital fund targeting investments in Corporate Sustainability. That effort is being continued within Goldman Sachs today.Jacob served for five years on the Board of the American Wind Energy Association, including two years on its Executive Committee. He also served as a member of the board of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance and of the American Council on Renewable Energy. He is the co-founder of the CleanTech Leaders Roundtable. In 2010, Jacob was named to Crain's New York ’40 Under 40’, and in 2012, he was named an E&Y Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalist. In 2013, Greentech Media named Jacob one of New York’s Top 10 Cleantech Leaders.Jacob holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on several community boards. An avid skier, Jacob lives with his wife, Jodi, and two daughters in Brooklyn, New York.

Renewable energy executive with fifteen plus years in the wind industry. Experienced in wind development, construction, turbine and EPC procurement.

Jacob Susman is a principal investor, a corporate renewables thought leader, a Founder-CEO & business builder, a project and corporate finance professional and a project developer & originator with a global power sector network. He has been building businesses, investing, developing and originating renewable energy since 1999. Jacob established a foundation in credit as a corporate banker with CoreStates, then led renewable energy business development for AES, a global power company, in Spain. After business school, at Wharton, Jacob joined Goldman Sachs as a principal investor and was instrumental in its successful investment in Horizon Wind Energy.Jacob left Goldman to found OwnEnergy. He led the business through the full venture cycle, from conception to exit, including recruiting and managing its industry-leading team, raising capital, establishing a nationwide brand, originating PPA's with corporate and utility clients, developing projects, monetizing assets, leading the Company's board and managing a successful sale to EDF Renewable Energy. While at EDF Renewables, Jacob served as its executive leader of customer-facing activities in its US Grid Scale Power business, with a primary focus on originating long-term power contracts with corporate and utility customers. After leaving EDF, Jacob was one of four partners who founded Mission Driven Capital Partners, a growth capital fund targeting investments in Corporate Sustainability. That effort is being continued within Goldman Sachs today.Jacob served for five years on the Board of the American Wind Energy Association, including two years on its Executive Committee. He also served as a member of the board of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance and of the American Council on Renewable Energy. He is the co-founder of the CleanTech Leaders Roundtable. In 2010, Jacob was named to Crain's New York ’40 Under 40’, and in 2012, he was named an E&Y Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalist. In 2013, Greentech Media named Jacob one of New York’s Top 10 Cleantech Leaders.Jacob holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on several community boards. An avid skier, Jacob lives with his wife, Jodi, and two daughters in Brooklyn, New York.

Jacob Susman is a principal investor, a corporate renewables thought leader, a Founder-CEO & business builder, a project and corporate finance professional and a project developer & originator with a global power sector network. He has been building businesses, investing, developing and originating renewable energy since 1999. Jacob established a foundation in credit as a corporate banker with CoreStates, then led renewable energy business development for AES, a global power company, in Spain. After business school, at Wharton, Jacob joined Goldman Sachs as a principal investor and was instrumental in its successful investment in Horizon Wind Energy.Jacob left Goldman to found OwnEnergy. He led the business through the full venture cycle, from conception to exit, including recruiting and managing its industry-leading team, raising capital, establishing a nationwide brand, originating PPA's with corporate and utility clients, developing projects, monetizing assets, leading the Company's board and managing a successful sale to EDF Renewable Energy. While at EDF Renewables, Jacob served as its executive leader of customer-facing activities in its US Grid Scale Power business, with a primary focus on originating long-term power contracts with corporate and utility customers. After leaving EDF, Jacob was one of four partners who founded Mission Driven Capital Partners, a growth capital fund targeting investments in Corporate Sustainability. That effort is being continued within Goldman Sachs today.Jacob served for five years on the Board of the American Wind Energy Association, including two years on its Executive Committee. He also served as a member of the board of the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance and of the American Council on Renewable Energy. He is the co-founder of the CleanTech Leaders Roundtable. In 2010, Jacob was named to Crain's New York ’40 Under 40’, and in 2012, he was named an E&Y Entrepreneur Of The Year Finalist. In 2013, Greentech Media named Jacob one of New York’s Top 10 Cleantech Leaders.Jacob holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He serves on several community boards. An avid skier, Jacob lives with his wife, Jodi, and two daughters in Brooklyn, New York.