David Gory | Founder and CEO of Airbuild
Airbuild focuses on transforming existing city infrastructure into systems for generating clean water and achieving permanent carbon removal
David Gory isn't waiting for new infrastructure to solve the climate crisis. He's transforming the infrastructure that already exists.
As founder and CEO of Airbuild, David is converting wastewater systems into scalable solutions for clean water and permanent carbon removal, working directly with cities to move from concept to operating sites, securing land, municipal agreements, and carbon offtake along the way.
He brings rare depth to a complex space: an engineer with an MBA, an MSCS, and over $200M in closed infrastructure and technology sales.
He knows how to navigate regulated public-sector markets and how to get things built inside them.A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and World Economic Forum Top Innovator, David keeps Airbuild centered on one core mission with tight execution and relentless follow-through.
His vision is a world where hundreds of towns use systems like Airbuild's to turn polluted water and waste biomass into clean water, durable carbon removal, and local jobs.
Every contract signed is a concrete step toward that future.
He isn't theorizing about climate solutions. He's deploying them.