Andrew Perlman (born June 19, 1975) is an American entrepreneur who has co-founded nine venture-backed companies in the telecom, high-tech, pharmaceuticals, energy, water, and biotechnology industries.
He is currently General Partner of GreatPoint Ventures, and the former Chairman and CEO of GreatPoint Energy, a company based in Chicago, Illinois which develops technology to produce clean natural gas from coal.
Perlman has been featured on the MIT Technology Review’s list of the world's top 35 innovators under the age of 35
and Crain’s Chicago Business’s list of 40 leaders under 40 in Chicago.
Perlman and GreatPoint Energy have been profiled by the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Forbes, and Fast Company.