Making the World a Better Place with Hewson Baltzell
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Hewson Baltzell attended Penn to receive both his bachelor\\u2019s degree in international relations and his master\\u2019s degree in finance and real estate. Prior to finding his passion for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) research, Hewson spent 12 years in real estate finance at JPMorgan, Lehman Brothers and other private investment companies. Having co-founded what is now MSCI ESG Research, Hewson spent 17 years building the dominant firm in the ESG research field from a two-person start-up in 1998 (Innovest). The ESG unit now has 300 employees, over 1,000 clients, research on over 9,000 equities, 250,000 bonds, and 35,000 mutual funds and ETFs, covering over 1.6 million securities, and revenue of $100 million. Currently, Hewson is the President, COO and initial investor in Helios Exchange, a SaaS business focused on energy efficiency in commercial buildings that has significant potential for reducing carbon emissions. Helios is the world's first commercial real estate platform for energy retrofit project development, insurance, and financing, with analysis of over 300,000 commercial properties nationwide.
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