# Lee Taylor

> Lee Taylor is the Boston-based co-founder and CEO of REsurety, which he founded in 2012 following weather-risk research at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business. The company provides clean energy analytics, software and services and operates CleanTrade through its federally registered marketplace business. Taylor’s early financing included selling a share of future personal income through Upstart.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at REsurety
- **Organizations:** REsurety, REsurety Markets LLC
- **Education:** BA, Economics and Biology, University of Virginia, MBA, Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Semester program, The Island School
- **Known for:** Founded REsurety in 2012., Named an Edward Tuck Scholar and received the Lt. Walter Jacobs Memorial Prize at Tuck., Received The Island School’s 2024 Founders Alumni Award.

## Career timeline

- **1999** — Attended The Island School’s fall semester.
- **Before 2010** — Worked in economic consulting, venture capital and asset management; Tuck lists Nathan Associates and Accolade Partners among his previous employers.
- **2010** — Entered Tuck to move into renewable energy.
- **2012** — Co-founded REsurety to commercialize business-school research on weather-driven financial risk.
- **2019** — REsurety reported more than 5,000 MW of risk-management transactions.
- **2020** — Explained REsurety’s REmap analytics product in a June interview.
- **2021** — Began CleanTrade discussions with Citi in mid-2021.
- **2024** — Received The Island School Founders Alumni Award; REsurety announced CleanTrade and a $32 million Series C in October.
- **2025** — CFTC approved REsurety Markets’ swap execution facility registration on August 25.
- **2026** — Akamai executed an Indiana solar VPPA on CleanTrade on August 31; Taylor wrote about the transaction on September 30.

## Achievements

- Founded REsurety in 2012.
- Named an Edward Tuck Scholar and received the Lt. Walter Jacobs Memorial Prize at Tuck.
- Received The Island School’s 2024 Founders Alumni Award.
- Led REsurety through a $32 million Series C announced in October 2024.
- Led the company as REsurety Markets secured CFTC registration as a swap execution facility in August 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Published a September 30 essay about Akamai’s August 31 solar VPPA on CleanTrade and a subsequent Texas wind transaction.
- **2026-09** — Appeared on Energy Empire with Jigar Shah and Jamie Nolan; episode published September 23.
- **2026-06** — Published a June 15 essay on building market infrastructure for a maturing clean energy industry.

## Links

- Website: https://resurety.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rleetaylor/

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