Jim Robo
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Jim Robo

Operating Partner & Senior Advisor

From 2012 to 2022, Mr. Robo served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NextEra Energy, Inc., a utility and clean energy company. In December 2006, Mr. Robo was named president and chief operating officer of NextEra Energy. Prior to that, he had served as president of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. He joined NextEra Energy as vice president of corporate development and strategy in March 2002.

Prior to joining NextEra Energy in 2002, Mr. Robo spent 10 years at General Electric Company. From 1984 through 1992, he worked for Mercer Management Consulting. Mr. Robo serves on the board of J. B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. and is Lead Director and Chairman of the Compensation Committee.

Mr. Robo received a B.A. summa cum laude from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar.