#155: Nicholaus Rohleder is the Co-Founder of Climate Commodities and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. 

At CC, he sits on the steering committees of CC’s operating businesses in physical trading, mineral processing & refining, transportation & logistics, renewable power & alternative fuels, and reinsurance.

Outside of his professional commitments, Nicholas serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches the course Climate Technology: Finance & Policy focused on the following areas of the climate economy: solar & wind, batteries – grid & vehicle applications, hydrogen, carbon capture, and circularity, critical minerals, and climate-focused insurance solutions. He currently serves as an Alumni Mentor at Columbia University’s Climate School, as a Contributing Writer focused on climate, insurance, & geopolitics at Climate & Capital Media, and as a Mentor for the Rice University Clean Energy Accelerator. As a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, he currently serves as a member of the global Forbes 30 Under 30 board as a representative for Texas.

Nicholas received a Master of Science in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Environmental Engineering and Technology from the UPenn, where his research was focused on clean energy technology materials science alterations and substitutions in various clean energy transition scenarios, and a Master of Science in Sustainability Management with a concentration in Environmental Finance from Columbia University where his research was focused on the economics of waste to value conversion technologies in homogeneous and heterogeneous waste input scenarios.

On the show he shares his story, the influence of his grandpa, things learned from sports, time at Columbia, Penn, and Oxford, experiences working for a hedge fund, starting his own business, critical minerals, determination, building a culture, and much more.

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