Photo illustration: Tiffany Herring/Axios; Photo: Courtesy of Just Climate
Shaun Kingsbury had risen the ranks of private equity when he left in 2012 to launch the UK Green Investment Bank, the world's first.
In the years since, he was awarded commander of the Order of the British Empire for his work on the low-carbon economy, and tapped to help lead former Vice President Al Gore's climate investment fund, Just Climate.
Why he matters: Just Climate unveiled its first three investments last month.