Giving Pledgers Sign Up for Clean Energy December 2, 2015

A coalition of private investors led by Giving Pledge co-founder Bill Gates has announced the launch of an investment fund to help accelerate progress on clean energy development.

The announcement coincides with the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. The Breakthrough Energy Coalition includes Gates and 26 other investors, who have a combined net worth of more than $380 billion. What’s more, those investors include 11 other Giving Pledge signatories:

• Laura and John Arnold
• Richard and Joan Branson
• Ray and Barbara Dalio
• Ann and John Doerr
• Bill and Melinda Gates
• Chris Hohn

• Vinod and Neeru Khosla
• Patrice and Precious Motsepe
• Hasso Plattner
• Julian Robertson
• Tom Steyer and Kat Taylor
• Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan

Learn more about the Breakthrough Energy Coalition and explore our Glasspockets feature Eye on the Giving Pledge.

-- Daniel Matz