Jon Kornik 2025 Speaker

“Jon Kornik is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Plentify, whose intelligent home energy management system solves the timing mismatch between when solar is available and when it is needed for 75% cheaper than batteries alone, and works in individual homes, microgrids and as virtual power plants across distribution grids.

He has spent his 19+ year career working at the intersection of energy, technology and finance. Prior to Plentify, Jon led Google’s energy business in Africa where he helped fund the largest wind and solar farms in Africa and developed technology products to expand energy access. Prior to this he acted as an independent energy and sustainability consultant where his projects included helping the South African government develop a financing scheme to draw international capital into the then-nascent renewables sector, and helping Nike improve the sustainability of their supply chain. He also founded and built the African office of South Pole Group, a multinational carbon finance and climate consulting firm, and consulted for McKinsey & Company primarily in the mining and energy sectors.

Jon has a Masters in Business Administration from Columbia University and a Masters in Finance from the University of Cape Town. He is an Echoing Green Fellow, Feldberg Fellow and Archbishop Tutu African Leadership Fellow.”