# Siddhartha (Sid) Jha

> Siddhartha (Sid) Jha is the New York-based founder, chairman and CEO of Arbol and a co-founder of dClimate. A Harvard-trained quantitative finance professional and author of Interest Rate Markets, he moved from interest-rate strategy and commodity trading into data-driven climate risk coverage.

- **Role:** Founder, Chairman and CEO at Arbol
- **Organizations:** Arbol, dClimate, Citadel, Castleton Commodities International, Arbalet Capital, Arrowhawk Capital Partners, J.P. Morgan, Global Potential
- **Education:** Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in applied mathematics and statistics; graduated cum laude (publisher biography), Harvard University
- **Known for:** Founded Arbol and co-founded dClimate., Authored Interest Rate Markets: A Practical Approach to Fixed Income, published by Wiley in 2011., Previously launched an agricultural futures portfolio managing more than $100 million, according to Arbol’s biography.

## Career timeline

- **2005-2010** — Worked in J.P. Morgan fixed-income strategy; held a vice president role.
- **2011** — Published Interest Rate Markets with Wiley; publisher biography identified him as a senior analyst at Arrowhawk Capital Partners.
- **2011-2014** — Served on the board of Global Potential, according to his LinkedIn profile.
- **2017-2018** — Worked as a cross-commodities quantitative strategist at Citadel.
- **2018** — Founded Arbol.
- **2019** — First Arbol transaction generated $3,000 in gross revenue, according to his retrospective account.
- **2021** — Became a founding partner of dClimate; identified in public 2021 interviews.
- **2024** — Announced Arbol’s $60 million Series B on April 30.

## Achievements

- Founded Arbol and co-founded dClimate.
- Authored Interest Rate Markets: A Practical Approach to Fixed Income, published by Wiley in 2011.
- Previously launched an agricultural futures portfolio managing more than $100 million, according to Arbol’s biography.
- Was the first analyst at a commodity hedge fund that grew to more than $600 million in assets, according to Arbol’s biography.
- Led Arbol through a $60 million Series B co-led by Giant Ventures and Opera Tech Ventures, with Mubadala Capital participating.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Discussed AI data-centre expansion, climate volatility and the need to rethink insurance risk modeling after the Monte Carlo Rendez-vous.
- **2026-06** — Published an Insurance Thought Leadership argument that recurring secondary perils require better-aligned risk-transfer structures.
- **2026-02** — Arbol announced a partnership with Pollen Systems, supported by Esri and Omniris, to combine geospatial observations and parametric insurance.
- **2025-09** — Arbol launched parametric wildfire coverage for western U.S. commercial and residential properties, with limits up to $10 million.

## Links

- Website: https://www.arbol.io/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddhartha-jha-ba4b7534
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sjha1984

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Last updated: 2026-10-18