48: Craig Cogut of Pegasus Capital: Climate Funds and Nature Based Solutions

<div><strong>Craig Cogut | Founder, Chairman &amp; CEO | Pegasus Capital Advisors</strong></div> <div>Craig Cogut has spent a career building successful investment businesses. Mr. Cogut founded Pegasus, a private equity fund, in 1995 and serves as its Chairman and CEO. Through Mr. Cogut’s leadership, Pegasus has focused on sectors influenced by global resource scarcity and the need to combat climate change, as well as on the growth in demands globally for human health and wellness, leading to Pegasus becoming the first U.S. private equity fund manager to be accredited by the Green Climate Fund. In 1990 Mr. Cogut co-founded and was one of the original partners at Apollo Advisors L.P., a position he held for six years preceding the creation of Pegasus. Mr. Cogut has been an active philanthropist in the fields of improving education, building civil society and championing environmental and health issues. Mr. Cogut is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of HealthE, Inc. and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of PanTheryx. Mr. Cogut is an alumnus of Brown University and Harvard Law School.</div> <div> <br> <strong>About Pegasus Capital Advisors | Creating value beyond returns</strong> </div> <div>Pegasus is a leading global private markets impact investment manager. As the first U.S. private equity fund manager accredited by the Green Climate Fund, they are dedicated to fostering sustainable growth while providing attractive returns for investors. Pegasus way is rooted in a deep commitment to creating long-term value beyond returns, pioneering in commercial impacting investing and has invested more than USD 2.6bn on behalf of clients helping great businesses to grow and make a positive difference. ​<br> <br> <strong>Key Points:</strong> </div> <ul> <li>Go outside your bubbles to get inspiration.</li> <li>Although they are diverse sectors and geographies, technologies that will work are not all that different.</li> <li>“We want to build businesses for the long term, which will continue to be valuable, and