Gautam Barua

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Mr. Gautam Barua is the Founder of Aclaria Partners. He serves as Venture Partner at FutureLabs Ventures. Mr. Barua has focused on environmental sustainability and resource productivity since the early 1990s. Through his work at Aclaria Partners and, earlier, for fund manager Medley Capital, he participated in financings of alternative energy and clean water businesses. He also co-founded and serves on the board of directors of California Bioenergy, a renewable energy firm that is the leader in its market segment. Before these activities, Mr. Barua provided environmental sustainability-focused consulting services to corporate clients and nongovernmental organizations. Mr. Barua has also served as California Deputy State Controller for Policy, in addition to having held positions at McKinsey & Company and Morgan Stanley. Mr. Barua earned a BA cum laude in Economics and Mathematics from Yale, where his thesis focused on climate change and an MBA with Distinction from Harvard, where he also completed Executive Education coursework on entrepreneurship. Mr. Barua formerly served on the board of Save the Bay, a fifty-year-old environmental conservation group and earned U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Series 7, 66 and 79 registrations.