Scott Jacobs
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, Generate Capital
Scott Jacobs is CEO and co-founder of Generate Capital, a sustainable infrastructure platform delivering resource solutions to companies, communities, and cities. Previously, he joined McKinsey & Company in 2007 to co-found its global Clean Technologies Practice, which advises companies, institutional investors, NGOs, and governments on economic imperatives of resource productivity and climate solutions. Prior to that, Jacobs spent over a decade in technology and venture capital, helping start and grow several companies, including PolyServe (acquired by HP) and Alliance Data Systems (acquired by FiServ). Professionally dedicated to the “resource revolution,” Jacobs is a regular writer, keynote speaker, and conference panelist on the topics of thematic investing and risk management, climate- and resource-related innovation, and building values-based and people-centric businesses.