Chairman and Co-Managing PartnerEncourage Capital
Mr. Wolfensohn is Chairman and Co-Managing Partner of Encourage Capital. Encourage Capital was formed by the merger of Wolfensohn Fund Management and EKO Asset Management to invest in solutions to critical social and environmental problems. From 2007-2014 he was Managing Director at Wolfensohn Fund Management focusing on financial inclusion and low carbon energy. Since 2002, he has also managed the Wolfensohn family office cleantech and environmental markets strategies where he has been an active investor in sustainability oriented funds and companies.
From 2003 to 2006, he produced the climate change documentary, “Everything’s Cool,” that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. From 2002 to 2003, he managed pioneering work with Conservation International to make the 2003 Pearl Jam and “Warped” tours carbon neutral with avoided deforestation offsets.
Prior to 2002, Mr. Wolfensohn composed music for numerous films, television commercials and theater productions, He is a Trustee of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, Yad Hanadiv, the Harmony Institute and Bang on a Can.