Jigar H. Shah
For his tireless, career-long efforts to advance clean energy and his visionary leadership and innovation in the field of sustainable infrastructure.
Director of the Loan Programs Office, U.S. Department of Energy
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, ’96
- MBA, University of Maryland, College Park, ’01
Jigar H. Shah is a serial entrepreneur, investor and energy strategist. From March 2021 to January 2025, Shah served as director of the Loan Programs Office (LPO) at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). He led and directed LPO’s loan authority to support deployment of innovative clean energy, advanced transportation and Tribal energy projects in the United States.
Prior to his work at the DOE, Shah was co-founder and president at Generate Capital, where he focused on helping entrepreneurs accelerate decarbonization solutions using low-cost infrastructure-as-a-service financing. Shah served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change. He also founded SunEdison, a company that pioneered “pay as you save” solar financing.
In 2024, TIME named Shah to its 100 Most Influential People list.
Current as of February 2025