CEO, MONTROSE ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPWHY: Runs fast-growing firm that has 4,500 clients that range from governments to gas companies to utilities. Provides services like treating contaminated water, permitting work for large infrastructure projects, finding ways to reduce the carbon intensity of operations and converting waste to renewable energy.
RECENT:Â Raised $150M in July IPO. Its shares nearly doubled over course of summer, pushing market cap past $700M as of September.
NOTABLE: Due to COVID-19 restrictions, IPO road show with prospective investors was largely via remote Zoom meetings. Manthripragada “virtually” rang the opening bell July 23 on the New York Stock Exchange, where it now trades under the ticker “MEG.”
