Michael Polsky

With more than 35 years of experience in the energy industry, Michael Polsky is widely recognized as a pioneer and industry leader in the cogeneration and independent power industry in North America. Polsky founded Invenergy, a leading clean energy company in 2001. Previously, in 1991, Polsky founded SkyGen Energy – a developer, owner, and operator of natural gas-fueled generating plants – which was purchased by Calpine Corporation in 2001. Before forming SkyGen, Polsky co-founded and was president of Indeck Energy Services Inc. In 2002, Polsky endowed a center for entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, which is named after him. In 2016, Polsky was appointed by President Barack Obama as a member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Polsky holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Kiev Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University of Chicago.