Jesse Fink
Co-Founder and Managing Director, MissionPoint Capital

Jesse Fink is a founding partner and a member of the investment committee at Connecticut based MissionPoint Capital. In addition, he evaluates management teams during due diligence and provides coaching to portfolio company executives. He is also President and Chief Executive Officer of Marshall Street Management, a family office established in 1999 which has leveraged its investment expertise to develop a mission-driven, but return-focused investment strategy. In 2004, the firm established MSM Capital Partners, MissionPoint’s predecessor company. MSM Capital Partners was designed as a mission-oriented, multi-strategy vehicle to manage its investment activities in the emerging clean technology and environmental finance sectors.

Jesse began his business career as a forest and land manager for Georgia-Pacific. After attending business school, he continued his career in marketing and operations management as well as business development, first with Citicorp and then with CUC International. Jesse then joined entrepreneur Jay Walker as COO of Walker Digital Inc., a leading inventor and developer of business method solutions. He was the founding Chief Operating Officer of priceline.com, running operations from inception through IPO. He then founded Marshall Street Management. Jesse is a graduate of the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York, where he received a B.S. in Resource Management. He also earned his MBA from Syracuse University's School of Management.

In February of 2007, Jesse received the Cleantech Venture Network’s the Cleantech Leader of the Year award. The award is presented to an organization or individual who has shown exceptional leadership in adding credibility or resources to the cleantech industry field. He and his wife Betsy manage the Betsy and Jesse Fink Foundation, which focuses on catalytic environmental and educational grant making. They serve on a number of non-profit and start-up company boards. Betsy and Jesse have established and run Millstone Farm, which is dedicated to producing organic produce and selling it to local markets & restaurants. Millstone serves as a model for land use and to promote sustainable agriculture in their community.

Learn more at www.missionpointcapital.com.