John Kuhns

Biography

    Mr. John D. Kuhns is Chairman of the Board, President, Chief Executive Officer of Master Silicon Carbide Industries, Inc. He was appointed the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Financial Officer (interim) on September 2, 2008 and the Company’s director and Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective on September 26, 2008. From 1981 to 1988, Mr. Kuhns built Catalyst Energy, one of the first publicly traded independent power producers in the United States, as the Company’s founder, President and Chief Executive Officer. While running Catalyst Energy, he acquired Chinese hydroelectric generating equipment for use in the United States. He furthered his development experience in China as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at the New World Power Corporation from 1992 to 1996, where he developed and financed hydroelectric projects in China as well as Argentina, Costa Rica and Mexico. While at New World Power Corporation, he formed a joint venture with Wuhan Steam Turbine, a State-Owned Enterprise owned by the City of Wuhan in China, to develop hydroelectric projects in Asia, including the PRC. Mr. Kuhns is the owner of 100% of the membership interests and the sole manager of New World Power, LLC. Mr. Kuhns is a controlling shareholder, President, CEO, a director and Chairman of Kuhns Brothers, Inc., an investment banking firm which he founded in 1986 specializing in providing financing for power technology ventures, and, more recently, industrial and infrastructure companies operating within the PRC. Mr. Kuhns received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and in Fine Arts from Georgetown University; a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Chicago; and a Master's of Business Administration degree from the Harvard Business School.

Research Interest

 finance