The Top 100 People in Bioenergy 2011-12: #26 through #50, in depth
In Florida, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack headed the “Top 100 People in Bioenergy” as voted by the readers of Biofuels Digest and the Digest’s editorial board, just edging out BP Biofuels chief Philip New, and the heads of Raizen, POET, Solazyme and Amyris. In today’s Digest, we profile the Second 25 in depth.
The first 25 are here, profiled in depth.
The complete Top 100 list is here.
26. Guido Ghisolifi, CEO, ChemtexNew to the list this year, and the highest new entry, as well as one of the highest ranking CEOs outside of Brazil and the US. As Codexis CEO Alan Shaw observed, “you will not find a person that has put more of his own money on the line, nor as knowledgable, nor as passionate about opportunities in the space, than Guido Ghisolfi.” Chemtex itself, through its Beta Renewables subsidiary, is in the process of building the largest cellulosic ethanol plant in the world (when completed), and recently partnered with Codexis as it readies for its global commercialization drive.