Tenzin Seldon

Tenzin Seldon is an established leader, founder, and investor with over two decades of experience in the climate space. She co-founded a net-negative infrastructure company that utilizes the redevelopment and adaptive reuse of historic buildings.

Previously, Tenzin also worked at the United Nations Environment Programme in Thailand, where she oversaw the region’s disaster risk reduction policy. She is an advisor and serves on several private and public boards, including Marathon Digital Holdings, Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, UN NGO Creative Visions Foundation, and One Earth. Tenzin has led various investment deals in the climate sector and holds board positions in companies such as Mast Reforestation, Endera, Twelve, and BlocPower.

Tenzin’s work has been recognized globally: as Forbes’ “Most Likely to Impact the Next Century”; World Economic Forum Global Shaper; a Harry S. Truman Scholar by the U.S. Congress; and one of OZY Magazine’s “5 Civil Rights Leaders for a New Generation”. In 2018, she received the 21st Century Icon Awards by the London Stock Exchange.

Tenzin graduated at the top of her class from Stanford University, earning Phi Beta Kappa honors and graduating summa cum laude with highest distinction. She went on to become the first Tibetan-American Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford, where she received her Master’s degree.