Daniel Gross serves as the Chief Financial Officer of X-energy, bringing extensive experience in private equity, venture capital, and energy project finance to the company's executive leadership team. Prior to assuming his role as CFO, Mr. Gross led Amazon's equity investment into X-energy and served on the company's Board of Directors. At Amazon, Mr. Gross was a Director in the Corporate Development unit with principal focus on the Climate Pledge Fund, a corporate venture capital fund dedicated to low-carbon and other sustainable technologies. He was previously Chief Investment Officer of Climate Real Impact Solutions, an investment vehicle listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Gross was one of the founding Partners of Hudson Clean Energy, a private equity firm with over $1 billion in assets under management. At Goldman Sachs Special Situations Group, he was a key member of the U.S. alternative energy investment team. Prior to Goldman, he worked at GE Capital's Energy Financial Services unit where he headed the renewable energy investment business. Mr. Gross serves as a Lecturer at Yale University, where he teaches courses on energy project finance at the School of the Environment, the Law School, and the School of Management. He is a Fulbright Scholar and earned three degrees from Yale University: a Masters in Environmental Management, an M.B.A., and a B.A. (Phi Beta Kappa).