Neil Auerbach organized Hudson Capital Management (NY), L.P. (“Hudson”) to capture the growing market opportunities in clean energy investing.  Hudson launched its inaugural global private equity fund, Hudson Clean Energy Partners, L.P. (“Hudson CEP”), last November.  Hudson is targeting $1 billion in capital commitments for Hudson CEP.  Hudson CEP’s focus will be on late stage investing, from initial technology commercialization through full scale deployment, and will encompass a mix of growth capital, buyout and real asset investment styles. 

Prior to forming Hudson, Neil was a partner at Goldman Sachs, where he founded and managed the US Alternative Energy Business and several other businesses.  Neil invested over $1.5 billion of firm capital in numerous investments in wind, solar energy and biofuels.  Neil and his partners at Hudson, Joe Slamm and Dan Gross, played pivotal roles in some of Goldman’s most notable investments in the clean energy sector, including Horizon Wind, First Solar and SunEdison.  These companies have emerged as some of the clean energy industry’s biggest success stories.  Prior to Goldman, Neil was a Managing Director at Barclays Capital in New York, and launched his banking career at Morgan Stanley, where he was a Principal.  Neil has a LL.M. from New York University School of Law, a JD from Boston University School of Law and a BS from SUNY at Albany.  Neil’s practice specialty was in taxation, and developed expertise in leasing, leveraged finance, mergers and acquisitions and international taxation. 

Neil is a member of the CEO Council of the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE).