Daniel Yergin

Active Investor

Vice Chairman at S&P Global

Washington, District of Columbia

Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman at S&P Global is an active investor based in Washington, District of Columbia. This profile covers what Daniel Yergin backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Dr. Daniel Yergin is the Founder of Cambridge Energy Research Associates. He serves as Senior Advisor at The Carlyle Group. He is an Angel Investor. He serves as Vice Chairman at S&P Global. He also serves as Vice President at IHS. He also served as a Board Member at Perella Weinberg Partners. He has been affiliated with Riverstone since its inception. He also served as a Board Member and Advisor at expHnad. He is both a Pulitzer Prize winner and recipient of the U.S. Energy Award for "lifelong achievements in energy and the promotion of international understanding." His newest book is The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. He received the Pulitzer Prize for his work The Prize: Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power. He co-authored Russia 2010 and What It Means for the World, which depicted Russia's move to a market economy, and Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy. Dr. Yergin serves on the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board, is a member of the Board of the U.S. Energy Association, and is a member of the U.S. National Petroleum Council and served as Vice Chair of the new National Petroleum Council study, Realizing the Potential of North America's Abundant Natural Gas and Oil Resources. He also chaired the U.S. Department of Energy's Task Force on Strategic Energy Research and Development. He is a Trustee of the Brookings Institution, a director of both the New America Foundation and the U.S.-Russia Business Council, and a member of the Russian Academy of Oil and Gas. Dr. Yergin is on the advisory boards of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Energy Initiative and the Institute for 21st Century Energy. He is also on Singapore's International Energy Advisory Board and the Yale Center for Energy and Climate Advisory Board. In 2011, the Alliance to Save Energy honored him as the "Star of Energy Efficiency". Dr. Yergin received his B.A. from Yale University and his Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar.

Investor type: AngelPE
Stages: Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Invests in: FintechSaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailClimate & EnergyDeveloper Tools & DataMobility & LogisticsSupply Chain & LogisticsAutomotive & EV
Location: Washington, District of Columbia
Typical check: $3.8M
Past investments: 9

Notable investments

Academic EarthU.S.-Russia Business CouncilCenter on Global Energy PolicyOXIGEN (Beverages)U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)Council on Foreign RelationsUnited States Energy AssociationMinistry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)MIT Energy Initiative

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