Rich Matsui

Richard Matsui advises investors and companies accelerating the Energy Transition.

With nearly 20 years in clean energy, spanning roles of Founder/CEO, U.S. DOE, and McKinsey, he helped to scale solar from a niche to a mature asset class. He brings insights to help emerging technologies follow that trajectory.

He was previously the Founder/CEO of kWh Analytics, the leader in Climate Insurance. He invented the Solar Revenue Put, a financial instrument adopted by leading investors ranging from DE Shaw to AES to protect nearly $5 billion of solar power plants. kWh Analytics is backed by private venture capital and the US Department of Energy.

Prior to that, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company based in Greater China, where he helped found the Firm’s solar practice in 2007. There, he established himself as a leading global expert on the solar industry by accumulating the most industry experience of all consultants within the Firm.

He graduated from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese. He is proud to have been born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.

He is also a Forbes "30 Under 30" award recipient for Energy.