Varun Sivaram — Founder

Dr. Varun Sivaram is Founder and CEO of Emerald AI, an NVIDIA-backed technology company that enables AI data centers to flexibly consume electricity and bolster the power grid. He is also senior fellow for energy at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He brings experience as a C-suite executive at two multibillion-dollar companies, as a senior U.S. diplomat, and as a physicist with expertise in clean energy technologies. Dr. Sivaram served as chief strategy and innovation officer at Ørsted, a Fortune Global 500 company, where his teams executed several billion dollars in clean energy asset acquisitions, divestments, joint ventures, and structured financing products; developed the company’s strategic approach to build renewable energy across three continents; and launched Ørsted Ventures to invest in next-generation technologies. Earlier in his career, he served as chief technology Officer at ReNew Power, a publicly listed multibillion-dollar company that is India’s largest producer of renewable energy, and as a consultant at McKinsey & Co. Dr. Sivaram served in the White House and State Department as the managing director for clean energy and senior advisor to Secretary John Kerry. He created and led the First Movers Coalition, which the President called the flagship U.S. public-private partnership on climate. Dr. Sivaram has also served in state and local government as senior advisor to the mayor of Los Angeles and to the governor of New York. A widely published scientist and innovation scholar, Sivaram has served on the faculty of Columbia University and Georgetown University. His books include "Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet," "Energizing America: A Roadmap to Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission," and "Digital Decarbonization: Promoting Digital Innovations to Advance Clean Energy Systems." TIME Magazine named Sivaram to its TIME 100 Climate list and TIME 100 Next list of the next hundred most influential people in the world, MIT Technology Review named him one of the top 35 innovators under 35, and the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader. His TED Talks on solving AI's energy crisis and India's clean energy transition have been viewed millions of times. Sivaram serves on the board of the Atlantic Council and is senior advisor to Aventurine Partners and Everview Partners. A Rhodes and Truman Scholar, he holds a PhD in condensed matter physics from Oxford University, and undergraduate degrees from Stanford University.

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Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Experience: 14 yrs 3 mos