David Elenowitz

David Elenowitz is the President and Founder of Zero Carbon Partners, an investment and strategic/operating firm focused on emerging companies in the low carbon space. Mr. Elenowitz is also Senior Advisor of Global Thermostat, a leading company engaged in carbon dioxide removal from both the atmosphere (direct air capture), a member of the Board of Solidia Technologies, and the Advisory Board of XPRIZE (Carbon Dioxide Removal). Previously, Mr. Elenowitz ran Mercury Capital, a private equity firm, where he led the acquisition, and helped run, a number of companies with total revenues in excess of $1 billion and combined enterprise values in excess of $350 million. Mr. Elenowitz also served as CEO of one of Mercury's portfolio companies, Empire Today, a flooring company he grew from one location with $40 million in revenues to 70 locations with $700 million in revenues – and successfully exited in November, 2016. Prior to forming Mercury in 1994, Mr. Elenowitz ran the U.S. operations of The Sutton Company, a private equity firm. Previously, Mr. Elenowitz spent five years in corporate strategy consulting for Bain & Company in Boston and London, and as an independent consultant. Mr. Elenowitz is a graduate of Tufts University with a degree in Economics, summa cum laude.