Episode 72 with Guest Jonathon Wolfson

Jonathan S. Wolfson is the Executive Chairman and co-founder of TerraVia Holdings, Inc., and co-founded and served as Chief Executive Officer at its predecessor, Solazyme, Inc. He served as Chief Executive Officer of TerraVia until 2016. Prior to TerraVia, Mr. Wolfson was Vice President of Finance and Business Development for 7thOnline, Inc., a supply chain software company. Immediately prior to that he co-founded InvestorTree, a SaaS/Internet based financial services company and was an adjunct faculty member in the Economics department at Hunter College (CUNY). Jonathan has directed TerraVia’s overall strategy and execution since inception, leading Forbes to name him one of the “12 Most Disruptive Names in Business”. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) named Jonathan the recipient of its 2015 George Washington Carver Award, Biofuels Digest named him the #1 CEO in the top 100 people in the Bioeconomy, Emory University selected him as one of its “history makers”, the Clinton Global Initiative recognized him with its “Green Leap” award and he led TerraVia’s international selection as a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer. Mr. Wolfson has been an active participant in advisory groups including the Center for American Progress (CAP) Clean Tech Council and is a member of the board of directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) where he sits on the governing board of the Industrial and Environmental Section. Mr. Wolfson also sits on the supervisory board of Avantium N.V., a renewable chemicals company. Mr. Wolfson obtained a law degree from New York University (NYU) School of Law and an M.B.A. from NYU Stern School of Business. He has served as a member of our board of directors since inception and continues in an active leadership role as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors.