Ion Yadigaroglu

Ion Yadigaroglu is the founder of Capricorn Investment Group LLC (Private Equity), founded in 2004, serving as Partner since 2004.
Dr. Yadigaroglu was the founder of bivio, Inc., founded in 1999, and served as Chief Executive Officer from 1999 to 2001.
Current jobs include Director at Seurat Technologies, Inc., Independent Non-Executive Director at Fervo Energy Co. since 2021, Director at Falcon Water Technologies LLC, Non-Executive Director at Agrica Ltd., Director at Ceres, Director at Lycee Francais de New York, Inc., Director at Vintage Partners LLC, Director at Technology Impact Fund (Cayman) LP, Director at Technology Impact Fund LP, Independent Non-Executive Director at Greensphere Capital Plc, Director at Corvair Holding 1 Ltd., Director at Seachange Ship Management LLC, Director at Sunpreme (H.K.) Ltd., Director at Sunpreme Ltd., Director at Sunpreme Solar India Pvt Ltd., Director at Sunpreme Solar Technology (China) Ltd., Director at Sunpreme Solar Technology (Jiaxing) Ltd., Director at Erthos, Inc., Director at CIG Direct Strategies II LLC - Series 2, Director at TIGF Direct Strategies LLC - Series 4, and Director at CIG Direct Strategies III LLC - Series 4.
Former jobs include Director at Environmental Defense Fund, Inc., Director-Business Development at Koch Industries LLC from 2001 to 2004, Director at Targeted Growth, Inc., Director at Zag.com, Inc., Director at Imperium Renewables, Inc., Director at Automatiks, Inc., Director at Identified, Inc., Independent Director at TrueCar, Inc. from 2007 to 2020, Director at Sunpreme, Inc., Director at Seachange Maritime, LLC, and Analyst at Olsen & Associates AG from 1985 to 1991.
Education includes graduate degree from The Trustees of Columbia University in The City of New York in 1999, doctorate from Stanford University in 1997, and graduate degree from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.