Andrew Perlman

Who is Andrew Perlman?

Andrew Perlman, co-founder, president and chief executive officer at

GreatPoint Energy, is an entrepreneur who has co-founded six

venture-backed companies in four separate industries.

Prior to founding GreatPoint Energy, Mr. Perlman served as the chief

executive officer and co-founder of Coatue Corporation, a

microelectronics company developing novel polymer materials for use in

the semiconductor industry, where he orchestrated the merger of Coatue

Corp. with Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD), the world’s largest

manufacturer of flash memory chips, in June 2003. In 1995, Mr. Perlman

founded Cignal Global Communications, a pioneer in voice over data

network communications, and served as president until 2000. At that

time, he helped orchestrate the sale of the company to United

Pan-European Communications (NASDAQ: UCOMA), one of the largest cable

operators in Europe. Mr. Perlman has also co-founded Coskata Ethanol, a

cellulosic ethanol technology developer; Sirtris Pharmaceuticals, a

biotechnology company developing treatments for diseases of old age;

and Zafgen, a developer of anti-obesity therapeutics.

In addition to GreatPoint Energy, Mr. Perlman is a managing partner

with GreatPoint Ventures, a specialized investment firm focused on

early stage commercialization of new, cutting-edge technologies. Since

its inception in 2001, he has played an integral role in the forming

and building of companies active in a broad spectrum of investment

sectors including energy, biotech, telecom, material science and

semiconductors. Collectively, these companies have raised in excess of

$200M from some of the leading venture capital and private equity

investors in the world.

Mr. Perlman was selected by the Boston Business Journal as one of

its ‘40 Under 40’ most promising business people in Massachusetts and

has been profiled by the Wall Street Journal as a leading young

entrepreneur on the move.