Nicholaus Rohleder is the Co-Founder of Climate Commodities, which is the first AI-enabled multi-manager project development platform focused on essential infrastructure for the clean energy transition and artificial intelligence. Mr. Rohleder co-leads the firm and co-developed the firm’s proprietary technology stack. In addition to his role at Climate Commodities, Mr. Rohleder serves as a Senior Advisor at Principal Mineral, a critical minerals and materials asset aggregator & development platform.

Outside of his professional commitments, Mr. Rohleder serves as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches the Climate Technology: Finance & Policy and Environmental Commodities courses, as a Member of the Economic Club of New York (ECNY), and as a Family Advisory Council Member for the University of Oxford’s Ownership Project 2.0: Private Capital Owners & Impact.

Previously, Mr. Rohleder served as the Chief Investment Officer of New American Energy, a global hedge fund focused on the energy transition, as Chief Operating Officer & Portfolio Manager at Merit Holdings Group, a private investment platform focused on global public securities and select private equity investments, and as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University teaching the Theory & Practice of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) course.

Mr. Rohleder attended the University of Oxford, reading a Master of Science in Major Programme Management with a concentration in infrastructure finance. Mr. Rohleder received a Master of Science in Environmental Studies with a concentration in Environmental Engineering and Technology from the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Science in Sustainability Management with a concentration in Environmental Finance from Columbia University, and a Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree in the Energy category.