Prashant Mitta
Prashant brings 30 years of financial and operating experience. He is chief executive officer of World Water Works, having joined as its chief financial officer and investor, and earlier managed a 443-megawatt power portfolio at Think Energy Partners, following roles at Enron International and the venture fund ConnectCapital. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
“He has spent thirty years financing and operating asset-heavy businesses.”
Prashant studied biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute before taking an MBA in finance and international business at Columbia Business School.
He served as a director at Enron International during the energy globalisation era, then moved into venture investing as a vice president at ConnectCapital, a fund backed by Microsoft, Insight Partners and MSD Capital.
As managing director of Think Energy Partners he managed the acquisition and operation of a 443-megawatt merchant gas power portfolio through Newmarket Power.
He joined World Water Works, an integrated water and wastewater treatment technology company, as its chief financial officer and investor, and now serves as its chief executive officer. He is also a trustee of the foundation carrying his parents’ name.
- The judgement to assess hard, regulated, capital-intensive businesses.
- Thirty years of deciding which ventures are worth financing and which are not.
The firms the company sells to value operating experience over presentation, and his career is built on it.