Doug Kimmelman
Executive Chairman/Founder
Executive Chairman/Founder
Mr. Kimmelman established ECP in April 2005 and serves as its Executive Chairman. He is a member of ECP's Management and Investment Committee.
Prior to founding ECP, Mr. Kimmelman spent 22 years with Goldman Sachs, starting in 1983 in the firm’s Pipeline and Utilities Department within the Investment Banking Division. He was named a General Partner of the firm in 1996 and remained exclusively focused on the energy and utility sectors and helped lead efforts to form a new business for the firm in becoming an intermediary in electricity trading markets. Mr. Kimmelman also played a leadership role at Goldman Sachs in building a principal investing business in power generation and related energy assets as electricity markets deregulated in the late 1990’s.
Mr. Kimmelman received a B.A. in Economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Philanthropically, Mr. Kimmelman, alongside his four children, is developing one of the largest non-profit community academic and athletic centers in the country in Los Angeles in honor of his late wife. He is partnering on the project with Tiger Woods's charitable foundation and the United States Tennis Association.