SunEdison
Solar / Clean EnergyUSAClosed 2016
Total Raised
Undisclosed
Peak Valuation
$10B
Employees
—
Year Collapsed
2016
Business model
Solar energy project development, financing, and installation, at one point the world's largest renewable energy development company.
In brief
Grew into the world's largest renewable energy development company through an extremely aggressive acquisition and project-financing strategy, taking on massive debt to fund rapid expansion into new markets and technologies. The debt load became unsustainable once financing condi…
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Key facts
- Founded
- 2006
- Closed
- 2016
- Headquarters
- Belmont, USA
- Industry
- Solar / Clean Energy
- Employees
- —
- Revenue
- Undisclosed
- Founders
- Ahmad Chatila
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