Ari Pribadi, Global Co-Head of Investment Banking, is based in Marathon Capital’s Chicago office. He is a corporate finance, project finance, and M&A specialist with more than 30 years of experience in the power sector. At Marathon Capital, Ari advises clients on energy transition advisory, M&A transactions, debt, equity, tax equity capital raise transactions, and strategic consulting engagements. 

During his 21 years with Marathon Capital, Ari has worked on pivotal transactions, including advising Vitol on the monetization of its wind and solar assets, TC Energy on its energy transition strategy and execution, advising Nestle in achieving full net-zero on its US scope 2 emissions, the sale of ib Vogt, which is the largest global independent utility-scale solar company, CMS Enterprises’ renewable market entry strategy, the sale of FirstWind to SunEdison ($2.4 billion), and the sale of Babcock & Brown’s development subsidiary to Riverstone to become Pattern Energy.

Before joining Marathon Capital, Ari held senior positions in power plant design engineering, project management, and project finance with ABB Power Generation and Alstom Power. During his association with ABB and Alstom, Ari led a design engineering group within the Power Generation Division, followed by a stint as a manager of a product management team for a sizeable combined-cycle gas power plant.

Ari received his BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Washington and his MBA with concentrations in Finance, Accounting, and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago. Ari holds Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses.