Special Guest Seminar: Jigar Shah, Renowned Energy Entrepreneur
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- Department of Nuclear, Plasma, and Radiological Engineering
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- Jigar Shah, Renowned Energy Entrepreneur
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- Leon Liebenberg
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Department of Nuclear, Plasma,and Radiological Engineering
GUEST WEBINAR
Jigar Shah
Renowned Energy EntrepreneurThursday, April 9, 2026
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. (CST)
1302 Everitt Laboratory
The Electrostate: Helping Emerging Economies Reduce Their Dependence on Fossil Fuel Imports
About the Speaker
Jigar Shah is an internationally recognized energy entrepreneur, investor, and strategist, named to the TIME100 list of the world’s most influential people. He is Co-Managing Partner at Multiplier LLC and previously served as Director of the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office, where he led a major organizational transformation and oversaw $108 billion in financing for clean energy and advanced transportation projects across the United States.He is Co-Founder and former President of Generate Capital, Founder of Sun Edison, and the founding CEO of the global nonprofit Carbon War Room. He also co-hosts the widely followed Open Circuit podcast.
Shah holds a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from the University of Maryland.
Online via Zoom:
Meeting ID: 894 5028 9975
Password: 919590
In Person:
Seating is limited for the in person
viewing. Please email leonl@illinois.edu in advance to confirm space availability.