It’s fairly well-established now that many in the so-called 1% have behaved rather badly of late. Not so for this particular financier who has proved the exception to the rule (or ruling class). Carter Bales is the co-founder and Managing Partner of New World Capital Group, a private equity firm investing in the environmental sector. The investment team is a “who’s who” list of New Yorkers such as firm principal Silda Wall Spitzer and board advisor Peter Goldmark, and their mission is simple: apply disciplined investment strategy to sound companies doing good things for the environment. It’s comforting to know there are well-heeled financiers investing in all of our futures and not just their own.
Click here to see the entire 2012 Long Island Press Power List
Click here to see the full Long Island Press Power List Hall of Fame