Howard Wenger

President at NEXTPOWER INC.

Net worth: 36 M $ as of 30/12/2025

66 year

100 connections

Producer Manufacturing

Utilities

Electronic Technology

Profile

Howard J.
Wenger is the founder of Pacific Energy Group LLC, founded in 1989, and Wenger Ventures, founded in 2017.
Current jobs include President & Director at Nextracker, Inc. starting in 2024, Trustee at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Executive Vice President at Helios Solar Star A-1 Partnership.
Former jobs include Chief Executive Officer at SunPower Corporation Systems, Director-Research & Strategic Planning at Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in 1998, Director & Executive Vice President at PowerLight Corp.
from 2003 to 2007, Director at Advanced Energy United, Inc., Director at The Solaria Corp.
from 2021 to 2022, Vice President-North American Business at AstroPower, Inc. from 1998 to 2003, and President-Business Units at SunPower Corp.
from 2015 to 2017.
Education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a graduate degree from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
NEXTPOWER INC. CLASS A 0.28%	28/09/2025	409,039 ( 0.28% )	36 M $	30/12/2025

Howard Wenger active positions

Companies	Position	Start
NEXTPOWER INC.	President	31/01/2022
Helios Solar Star A-1 Partnership Helios Solar Star A-1 Partnership Engages in the generation of electricity	Corporate Officer/Principal	-
University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Director/Board Member	-
Wenger Ventures Wenger Ventures Wenger Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in early stage capital requirements.	Founder	31/12/2016

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Former positions of Howard Wenger

Companies	Position	End
The Solaria Corp. The Solaria Corp. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Manufactures and sells residential solar power systems	President	30/09/2021
SUNPOWER CORPORATION	Corporate Officer/Principal	02/03/2017
PowerLight Corp. PowerLight Corp. Electric UtilitiesUtilities Manufactures and supplies solar electric systems	Director/Board Member	31/12/2006
AstroPower, Inc. AstroPower, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Manufactures and markets photovoltaic solar cells & modules	Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/2002
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	31/12/1997

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Private companies	13
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Distributes electricity and natural gas
AstroPower, Inc. AstroPower, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Manufactures and markets photovoltaic solar cells & modules	Electronic Technology
The Solaria Corp. The Solaria Corp. Industrial MachineryProducer Manufacturing Manufactures and sells residential solar power systems	Producer Manufacturing
SunPower Corp. SunPower Corp. Engineering & ConstructionIndustrial Services Engages in the design, manufacture and delivery of solar panels and system	Industrial Services
Nextracker, Inc. Nextracker, Inc. Designs, manufactures, distributes and installs single axis solar trackers and photovoltaic systems & provides software solutions
University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
PowerLight Corp. PowerLight Corp. Electric UtilitiesUtilities Manufactures and supplies solar electric systems	Utilities
Pacific Energy Group LLC Pacific Energy Group LLC Electric UtilitiesUtilities Provides energy distributing services	Utilities
SunPower Corporation Systems SunPower Corporation Systems Building ProductsProducer Manufacturing Manufactures solar panels	Producer Manufacturing
Helios Solar Star A-1 Partnership Helios Solar Star A-1 Partnership Engages in the generation of electricity
University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Boulder Functions as a College/University
Advanced Energy United, Inc. Advanced Energy United, Inc. Owns and operates insight engine software platform deal to create intelligence technology for the energy sector
Wenger Ventures Wenger Ventures Wenger Ventures invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on a broad range of sectors and industries. It participates in early stage capital requirements.