Jacob Susman

Founder and CEO

Jacob Susman is the founder of OwnEnergy and has over
eight years of investing and business development experience in
renewable energy.

Previously, Jacob was a founding member of Goldman Sachs' Alternative Energy Investing group, where he was involved in Goldman's investment in Horizon Wind Energy and co-led a portfolio financing that was named Project Finance’s N.A. Renewable Energy Deal of the Year. Jacob previously worked as a Project Manager for the AES Corporation on a team that developed one of the largest power plants in Spain, which was named as European IPP of the Year by Euromoney. While with AES, Jacob led the company’s efforts to develop a Spanish renewable energy business, which included negotiation of over 1,000 Mega Watts of wind energy investment opportunities.

Jacob holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he led a team to the finals of the Business Plan Competition with the concept for OwnEnergy.

Jacob and his wife, Jodi, have a daughter and live in Brooklyn, New York. They are active in the local community and are avid skiers.