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Kenneth Xu

Impact Investment Analyst at Nuveen
Economics and Environmental Studies 2021
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Kenneth is a member of the Private Equity Impact team at Nuveen, which invests across growth markets in high-impact businesses with the potential to provide valuable products & services to low-income consumers and to disrupt value chains in service of mitigating climate change & building resilience. Kenneth began his career as a sustainability investment analyst at Commonfund, where he was responsible for private equity investments in renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and climate technology.


Kenneth received bachelor's degrees in Economics and Environmental Studies in 2021. While at Yale, he worked as an international research fellow for the Yale Office of Sustainability and chaired the Yale Student Environmental Coalition. He was a recipient of the Gaylord Donnelley Prize in Environmental Studies for his senior thesis on the potential impacts of offshore carbon sequestration.


In his spare time, Kenneth is actively engaged with international climate negotiations, attending UNFCCC COP meetings as part of the non-governmental constituency. He currently resides in New York City.