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What happens when your livelihood — your farm, your business, even your home — is at the mercy of climate change? For many, climate risk isn’t just about unpredictable weather; it’s about sleepless nights, financial stress, and even burnout. In this episode, I sit down with Sid Jha, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Arbol, a global climate risk solutions company that’s rewriting the way we think about insurance.

Sid shares the incredible journey from leaving his high-powered role at Citadel to launching Arbol, a company now protecting farmers, energy providers, property owners, and entire communities from the financial fallout of climate disasters. This is more than insurance — it’s peace of mind. You’ll hear how Arbol is using data-driven, parametric solutions to not only cover risks traditional insurers leave behind but to reduce the very stress and burnout that climate uncertainty brings to so many.

✨ What You’ll Learn in This Episode

• How Sid transformed his career from Wall Street strategist to climate innovator
• The real cost of climate risk on families, businesses, and communities
• Why traditional insurance is failing and how Arbol is changing the game
• The role of parametric insurance in providing fast, transparent payouts
• How climate risk ties directly to burnout — and what businesses can do about it
• Sid’s personal journey with resilience, focus, and avoiding burnout as a founder
• Why patience, persistence, and “burning the ships” were key to Arbol’s success
  

About Sid Jha

Siddhartha Jha is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Arbol, a global climate risk solutions company specializing in parametric insurance. Before founding Arbol, Sid served as a Cross-Commodities Quantitative Strategist and Director at Citadel. Earlier in his career, he launched an agriculture futures trading portfolio and was the first analyst at a startup commodity hedge fund that grew to manage over $600 million in assets. He has also held senior roles at Castleton Commodities International and JP Morgan. Sid is the author of Interest Rate Markets and has taught financial markets at NYU. Deeply committed to giving back, he is active in non-profit work supporting inner-city youth. Sid holds both a B.A. in Applied Mathematics and an M.A. in Statistics from Harvard University.

Connect with Sid & Arbol

🌐 Website: arbol.io

🐦 Twitter/X: @ArbolMarket

💼 LinkedIn: Arbol on LinkedIn

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