Peter Corsell is an investor and entrepreneur known for successfully bringing emerging technologies to market. MIT Technology Review recognized him as one of the world’s top innovators under age 35, the World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader in 2010, and the National Association of Corporate Directors included him on its inaugural list of leading directors under 40. Corsell is a Partner at I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investment firm with $40 billion of assets under management, where he leads the firm’s technology funds and is a member of the firm’s Operating Committee. Prior to joining I Squared, Corsell was co-founder and Managing Partner at Twenty First Century Utilities, a private investment firm specializing in sustainability and technology in the electric power sector, which was acquired by I Squared in 2019. Corsell is Chairman of Atlantic Power & Utilities, a leading power generation and infrastructure company with a well-diversified portfolio of assets across the United States and Canada. Corsell is also Chairman of GridPoint, a leading clean technology company, which he founded in 2003 and led as CEO until 2010. GridPoint has reduced energy consumption in commercial buildings by more than 7.5 billion kWh, saved its customers over $1 billion in costs, and avoided over 13 billion pounds of CO2 emissions. Corsell has been a cofounder, board member, and investor in several technology companies focused on clean technology, enterprise software, and cybersecurity. He has been interviewed on Charlie Rose and featured in several books including Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Tom Friedman, Perfect Power by Robert Galvin and Kurt Yeager, Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp, The Clean Tech Revolution by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder, and Our Woman in Havana by Ambassador Vicki Huddleston. Corsell serves on the Board of Directors at Saige, Fermata Energy, and WealthCentral; and is a member of the Yale School of Architecture Dean’s Council. Earlier in his career, Corsell served with the Central Intelligence Agency and with the U.S. Department of State in Havana, Cuba. He holds a BSFS degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.
