Tom Steyer is the coexecutive chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, a multistrategy climate investment firm designed to unlock the generational opportunity of the energy transition. He founded America's largest youth-voter engagement organization and cofounded a community development bank focused on justice and sustainability. He previously cofounded Farallon Capital, a pioneering hedge fund that he departed in 2012 in order to devote his time, money, and energy to climate issues. Since 1986, he has been a proud San Franciscan.
“Optimistic . . . A readable, encouraging argument that climate activists will want to put to work.”—Kirkus “In Cheaper, Faster, Better, Tom Steyer’s persuasive storytelling and contagious optimism underscore one of the most important realities of the climate crisis: If we work together, we can solve it. As a relentless climate activist and accomplished investor, Tom’s insights will help galvanize the movement that is needed to address the greatest challenge of our lifetimes.”—Al Gore, former US Vice President “Tom Steyer is a masterful storyteller who proves, once again, why he is a leading voice for a cleaner, healthier, and more prosperous world. Writing with clarity and conviction, Steyer blends optimism and pragmatism in his vision of a global community that meets our climate challenges infused with the power of innovation.”—Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of the Emerson Collective “‘Refreshing’ and ‘hopeful’ are not words usually associated with books about the climate crisis, but Steyer’s book is just that. Frequently using parallels from sports and the business world, he brings clarity and common sense to complex, even controversial, climate issues. This book has given me answers to the questions I get asked most.”—Jane Fonda “In Cheaper, Faster, Better, Tom Steyer is full of optimism that we can still prevent the worst of climate change and build a better world. He shows how each of us can be part of that solution, whatever our walk of life and wherever we are in the world.”—Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund “Tom Steyer is a true champion of the planet. He calls on all of us to do our part and explore every possible solution—from breakthrough ideas and technologies to new rules and standards—to create a sustainable net zero world that benefits all of humanity.”—Marc Benioff, Chair and CEO, Salesforce “Finally, an effortless and compelling book that captures the promise and opportunity of the current point in our journey to a net-zero world. Steyer teaches, amuses, and inspires, all while never losing focus on the urgency and moral clarity of this moment.”—Lisa Jackson, former EPA Administrator “Winning the climate war is a top priority for those of us that care about the future of our planet and generations to come. Tom Steyer convincingly lays out action steps to transition to a clean energy economy and meet the challenge of climate change.”—Catherine Coleman Flowers, author of Waste and founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice “Cheaper, Faster, Better is a page-turner and a game changer. Not only does it give readers a front row seat in Tom Steyer's journey from Wall Street wonder boy to strategic climate crusader, it elevates the voices of real human beings who are relentlessly fighting in the trenches for climate action and climate justice in ways that demonstrate the awesome power of hope and optimism. In other words, Tom's book is nothing short of a swift kick in the pants to those who bemoan that the climate battle has already been lost and a shot in the arm to those who know that despite the deceptive tactics of the oil and gas industry, the clean technologies we need to deliver a healthy and safe future are already within our grasp. All we have to do now is stop bemoaning the present and start working for our collective future.”—Gina McCarthy, former White House National Climate Advisor and former EPA Administrator “Tom Steyer has worked as hard on the climate crisis as anyone I know, and this book—a model of clarity—will make clear why he's been so successful at it: He brings a particular skillset, honed in his earlier years as an investor, that allows him to see the cores of both the crisis and its solutions. It also allows him to make one of the most persuasive attacks on the degeneracy of the fossil fuel industry, and much of adjacent Wall Street, that I've ever read. It's a triumph.”—Bill McKibben, author of The End of Nature