Varun Sivaram

Varun Sivaram

Dr. Varun Sivaram is the CEO and Founder of Emerald AI, a technology company that transforms energy-intensive data centers into AI-powered grid allies. One of the world's foremost authorities on energy technologies, Dr. Sivaram was formerly the Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Orsted A/S (NASDAQ: DOGEF), a $20 billion Fortune 500 Global energy firm where he led a team of 200, and he previously served as Chief Technology Officer of India's largest clean energy company, ReNew Power (NASDAQ: RNW). He served as a senior U.S. diplomat as the Managing Director for Clean Energy at the U.S. State Department, where he created the First Movers Coalition. Dr. Sivaram is a senior fellow for energy at the Council on Foreign Relations; a senior advisor at the Boston Consulting Group, Aventurine Partners, and Everview Partners; and board member of the Atlantic Council. He is the author of three books, including the bestselling "Taming the Sun" on the future of solar energy, and he holds a Ph.D. in condensed matter physics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar, and undergraduate degrees from Stanford University.