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Founder and Co-Chair, Arnold Ventures
John Arnold is co-founder and co-chair of Arnold Ventures. Arnold Ventures seeks to tackle some of the most pressing problems in the United States by applying evidence-based solutions to improve outcomes in public systems, including health care, education, criminal justice, infrastructure, and public finance.
Mr. Arnold is co-founder and chairman of Grid United, a developer of interregional, high-voltage transmission projects with a mission to make America’s power grid more reliable, resilient, and efficient. Mr. Arnold is founder of Centaurus Capital, a family office investment fund focused on the energy industry.
Previously, Mr. Arnold served as founder and CEO of Centaurus Energy, a multi-billion-dollar energy commodity hedge fund that he founded after overseeing trading of natural gas derivatives at Enron Corp. He retired from Centaurus in 2012 to concentrate on his philanthropy. Mr. Arnold and his wife, Laura Arnold, were one of the original signatories of the Giving Pledge, a commitment to donate majority of their wealth to philanthropic causes during their lifetimes.
Mr. Arnold serves on the boards of the Meta, Vanderbilt University Board of Trustees, Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy, and The City Fund. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Vanderbilt University and lives in Houston, Texas, with his wife, Laura, and three children.