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Jonah joined Gates Ventures, Bill Gates’s private office, in September 2014, where he is responsible for the organization’s relationships with policymakers around the world.
In 2020, Jonah helped Bill establish Breakthrough Energy (BE) – a network of entities and initiatives, including investment funds, nonprofit and philanthropic programs, and policy efforts linked by a common commitment to scale the technologies we need to achieve a path to net zero emissions by 2050.
In 2015, he worked with Bill to establish the Breakthrough Energy Coalition (BEC) – a group of individuals and institutions committed to investing significant capital in energy innovations that do not contribute to climate change.
As part of that effort, Jonah worked with the United States, France, India, and more than 15 other countries to establish Mission Innovation, which committed to double the government supported R&D into these technologies.
In 2016, he worked with a group of members of the BEC to establish Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), a fund focused on executing the vision of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.
He serves as a Senior Advisor to BEV.
Prior to Gates Ventures and Breakthrough Energy, Jonah worked on the communications team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Before that, he spent nearly 15 years in Washington, D.C., leading integrated advocacy, communications, and grassroots campaigns.
He led a series of campaigns to affect policy on a variety of issues – from civil rights to education reform to nuclear non-proliferation.
Before that, he served as primary spokesperson and chief strategist for the largest national campaign to protect voting rights.
Jonah holds a J.D.
degree from Boston College Law School and a B.A.
degree in History from Binghamton University.
Jonah lives in Seattle with his wife Jackie and his two children, Desmond and Fiona.
In addition to his family, other things he loves dearly include skiing, mountain biking, and the Buffalo Bills.
Former positions of Jonah Goldman
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Breakthrough Energy Investment LLC
Breakthrough Energy Investment LLC Investment ManagersFinance Breakthrough Energy Investment LLC (Breakthrough Energy Ventures) a venture capital arm of Breakthrough Energy LLC was founded in 2016 by Bill Gates. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Private Equity Investor | 2022-06-29 |
Gates frontier LLC
Gates frontier LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gates Ventures LLC (Gates Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. | Private Equity Investor | 2022-05-31 |
Democracy Alliance
Democracy Alliance Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Democracy Alliance provides social services. The non-profit company is based in Washington. | Private Equity Investor | 2012-04-30 |
The Glover Park Group LLC
The Glover Park Group LLC Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services The Glover Park Group LLC provides public relations and communications services. It offers corporate communications services, such as reputation management, employee communications, mergers and acquisitions, media training, expert speech preparation, sales and product launches, and event management; issues and crisis management services; and legislative affairs services, such as legislative strategy, coalition management, corporate positioning, member education, and issue advocacy. The company was founded by Joseph Lockhart, Chip Smith, Carter Eskew, Arik Ben-Zvi, and Michael Feldman in 2001 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Private Equity Investor | 2011-05-31 |
Gadsby Hannah LLP | Private Equity Analyst | 2002-07-31 |
Training of Jonah Goldman
Boston College Law School | Undergraduate Degree |
Binghamton University School of Management | Undergraduate Degree |
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Breakthrough Energy Investment LLC
Breakthrough Energy Investment LLC Investment ManagersFinance Breakthrough Energy Investment LLC (Breakthrough Energy Ventures) a venture capital arm of Breakthrough Energy LLC was founded in 2016 by Bill Gates. The firm is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | Finance |
Gates frontier LLC
Gates frontier LLC Investment ManagersFinance Gates Ventures LLC (Gates Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Kirkland, Washington. | Finance |
Democracy Alliance
Democracy Alliance Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Democracy Alliance provides social services. The non-profit company is based in Washington. | Commercial Services |
The Glover Park Group LLC
The Glover Park Group LLC Advertising/Marketing ServicesCommercial Services The Glover Park Group LLC provides public relations and communications services. It offers corporate communications services, such as reputation management, employee communications, mergers and acquisitions, media training, expert speech preparation, sales and product launches, and event management; issues and crisis management services; and legislative affairs services, such as legislative strategy, coalition management, corporate positioning, member education, and issue advocacy. The company was founded by Joseph Lockhart, Chip Smith, Carter Eskew, Arik Ben-Zvi, and Michael Feldman in 2001 and is headquartered in Washington, DC. | Commercial Services |
Gadsby Hannah LLP | Commercial Services |
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