Jeff Broin

Jeff Broin is the Founder and CEO of POET, the world's largest producer of biofuels and bioproducts. He is a recognized innovator, entrepreneur, agriculturalist, philanthropist, and advocate for the biofuels industry.

For more than 30 years, Broin has played a critical role in producing renewable biofuels and bioproducts to address national and global issues surrounding agriculture, health and climate change. He was a founding member of Growth Energy, the country's largest biofuels trade association, serving as chairman for over a decade. Broin has received numerous notable recognitions, including BIO's George Washington Carver Award, the Biofuels Digest Global Bioeconomy Leadership Award, and an honorary Doctorate of Public Service from South Dakota State University.

POET currently operates 27 bioprocessing plants with a combined annual production capacity of 2 billion gallons of bioethanol, reducing carbon emissions and improving air quality nationwide. In addition, POET produces a growing number of sustainable bioproducts that are marketed worldwide, many of which displace harmful, petroleum-based products. For these continued advancements in biotechnology, POET was named to FORTUNE's 2019 'Change the World' list and recognized as one of Fast Company's 'Most Innovative Companies of 2019.'

Broin holds a firm, longstanding belief that our world can meet many of its needs through agriculture rather than petroleum. This mission has grown the biofuels and bioproducts industries while increasing grain demand for rural America, stimulating international economic growth, and positioning agriculture to be a leading solution to the climate crisis. Broin's passion extends beyond domestic borders through POET's nonprofit, Seeds of Change, founded to transform education, agriculture and environmental conditions in developing nations.

A true champion for global agriculture, Broin's utmost goal is to leave a legacy that improves the health and sustainability of future generations through the power of the sun, the soil, and the seed.