Michael Polsky Bio

With more than 30 years of experience in the energy industry, Michael Polsky is widely recognized as a pioneer and industry leader in the cogeneration and independent power industry in North America. Michael founded Invenergy, a leading clean energy company in 2001. Previously, in 1991, Michael founded SkyGen Energy – a developer, owner, and operator of natural gas-fueled generating plants – which was purchased by Calpine Corporation in 2001. Before forming SkyGen, Michael co-founded and was President of Indeck Energy Services Inc. In 2002, Michael endowed a center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business which is named after him. In 2016, Michael was appointed by President Barack Obama as a Member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. Michael holds an MSME Degree from Kiev Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business