Peter L. Corsell

Peter L. Corsell (born December 5, 1977) is an American entrepreneur, businessman and venture capital investor who founded the cleantech company GridPoint in 2003 and the social media company Hubub in 2011. In 2008, MIT Technology Review recognized Corsell as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader in 2010.

Early life
Corsell was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Manhattan by his mother and maternal grandmother. Corsell attended private elementary and high schools in New York City on a scholarship provided by his mother’s employer, Frances Lehman Loeb. Corsell moved to Washington, D.C. in 1996, where he worked his way through college, earning a BSFS degree from the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in 2000. In 1999, Corsell was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency, where he worked as a political analyst in the Cuba branch. From early 2001 to late 2002, Corsell worked for the U.S. Department of State in Cuba, where he served as Special Assistant to Ambassador Vicki J. Huddleston, the Principal Officer of the United States Interests Section in Havana.

GridPoint
Corsell founded GridPoint in 2003 to develop energy management and renewable energy technologies. He served as the company’s President and CEO from 2003 until 2010, when he became the company’s Chairman.

GridPoint provides energy management and sustainability solutions for enterprises, government agencies, and utilities to help them reduce energy consumption, meet sustainability goals, improve operational efficiency, and optimize capital utilization. GridPoint has received various honors including designation as a 2008 Technology Pioneer by The World Economic Forum, inclusion in the 2009 Global Cleantech 100 by The Guardian and Cleantech Group, the 2013 Customer Value Leadership Award for Building Energy Management Solutions from Frost & Sullivan, and selection as a 2013 Top 10 Enterprise Smart Grid Leader by Groom Energy.

Corsell has been quoted in several books including Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas Friedman, Perfect Power by Robert Galvin and Kurt Yeager and Earth: The Sequel by Fred Krupp and The Clean Tech Revolution by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder.

In 2013, Corsell recruited longtime Berkshire Hathaway executive Todd Raba to lead GridPoint as CEO. Raba had previously run two Berkshire Hathaway companies: Johns Manville, where as Chairman and CEO he reported directly to Warren Buffett, and the MidAmerican Energy Company.

GridPoint’s institutional investors include Goldman Sachs and New Enterprise Associates (NEA).

Hubub
Corsell co-founded Hubub in 2011. Hubub is a web-based tool for people to collaborate and engage on topics of interest, and a social community that allows members to create “hububs,” in which they can contribute and curate digital content on any specific topic, while engaging in discussion, voting in polls, and debating with other users on those topics.

Other ventures
Corsell is an active investor in several early stage companies including:
 * Clearpath, a software platform that simplifies the U.S. immigration process, where he also serves on the board of directors;
 * inStream, a comprehensive practice management software platform for independent financial advisors, where he also serves on the board of directors;
 * Reputation.com, an online reputation management company;
 * Uno Magnetic, a lifestyle products company by Luis Pons.

Awards and affiliations
In 2008, MIT Technology Review recognized Corsell as one of the top 35 innovators in the world under the age of 35. The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader in 2010.

Corsell was Chairman of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Sustainable Energy (2008-2009), as well as a founding member of the Electrification Coalition, a nonpartisan organization committed to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO) and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers (AFIO).

Corsell also serves on the executive committee of the board of the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach, Florida.