Tom Buttgenbach - CEO, Founder & CTO @ 1st Avenue Power

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Number of Founded Organizations

CB Rank (Person)

27,366

Primary Job Title CEO, Founder & CTO
Primary Organization
1st Avenue Power

Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Regions Greater Los Angeles Area, West Coast, Western US
Gender Male

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Tom Buttgenbach is based out of Los Angeles and is the CEO, Founder and CTO of 1st Avenue Power. Tom previously worked at Avantus as a CEO & Founder. Tom Buttgenbach attended Caltech.

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs

Number of Past Jobs

Tom Buttgenbach

has

current jobs including

CEO, Founder & CTO

1st Avenue Power

CEO

1st Avenue Capital

, and

Founder and CEO

Avantus

. Additionally,

Tom Buttgenbach

has had

past jobs including

CEO & Founder

Avantus credit

1st Avenue Power CEO, Founder & CTOAug 2025
1st Avenue Capital CEOJun 2004
Avantus Founder and CEO

Organization Name	Title At Company	Start Date	End Date
Avantus credit	CEO & Founder	2009	2024
Alliance Capital	Equity Analyst	2004	2005
dock3 - the startup lab	Founder, CEO	2001	2004

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Hub Name	CB Rank (Hub)
Infrastructure Companies With Fewer Than 100 Employees (Top 10K)	5,016
California Energy Companies	17,707
Los Angeles Companies With More Than 10 Employees (Top 10K)	9,333
United States Energy Management Companies	4,230
Greater Los Angeles Area Energy Companies	42,785
Infrastructure Companies With More Than 10 Employees (Top 10K)	3,740
Energy Management Companies With Fewer Than 1000 Employees	4,781
Los Angeles Companies (Top 10K)	4,367
Private Los Angeles Companies (Top 10K)	4,452
United States Energy Companies (Top 10K)	2,376

Education

Tom Buttgenbach

studied at

University of Cologne

and

Caltech

University of Cologne Vordiplom/BAPhysics and Mathematics19851988
Caltech Ph.D.Physics and Astronomy19881993