Tamin Pechet

Tamin Pechet is CEO of Upwell LLC, a holding company that builds purpose-driven companies in natural resources and technology, which together represent approximately $1 billion of invested capital. Upwell’s companies include Upwell Water, a tech-enabled water resource and infrastructure company, where Mr. Pechet continues to serve as Chairman and CEO following its acquisition by Crestview Partners. They also include Hawk Hill Group, which deployed approximately $200 million of utility-scale solar financing; Kilonova Capital, which deployed approximately $100 million into growth-stage technology companies; and Above Data, a leading AI data enablement business leveraging nearly 20% of U.S. consumer transactions. Mr. Pechet was previously a principal investor in Goldman Sachs’ Special Situations Group, where he launched businesses in energy and specialty finance. He is also the founder and Chairman of Imagine H2O, a global nonprofit that has catalyzed more than $1 billion of private investment into water solutions that now reach more than one billion people. He co-created and teaches “Water Innovation & Investment” at Stanford University and co-authored Water Tech (Routledge, 2016). Mr. Pechet holds an AB with honors and an MBA from Harvard.