Primary Job Title Founder and Executive Chairman Primary Organization Ecolution kWh
Location Chicago, Illinois, United States Regions Greater Chicago Area, Great Lakes, Midwestern US Gender Male Also Known As Craig T. bouchard
Website www.craigbouchard.com/craig-bouchard/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn X (Twitter) View on X
Craig Bouchard is a groundbreaking business leader and New York Times, bestselling author. Bouchard most recently founded Ecolution kWh to forever change electric transport. The respected entrepreneur and environmental activist has chaired several successful companies and now focuses his attention on the electric vehicle industry. He is dedicated
to enhancing the affordability, accessibility and efficiency of electric vehicles.
Bouchard’s decorated career on Wall Street and within the energy sector began with his education at Illinois State University. He earned his bachelor’s degree in 1975 and a Master’s Degree in Economics in 1977. In 1981, he completed an Honorary Doctorate of Science from ISU and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
Craig Bouchard has co-founded three metals companies, each of which passed $1 billion in revenue within the first 18 months. He co-founded Esmark in 2003, focusing on oil and gas exploration and steel production. Under his leadership, the company went from $4 million in revenue in 2003 to close to $4 billion in 2008. That year, Esmark was the highest appreciating stock on both the NYSE and Nasdaq. Bouchard made headlines with the first reverse hostile tender merger in Wall Street history. At an annual meeting, he removed the board and management team of a Nasdaq company to open a new chapter.
Years of dedicated efforts in the business world led Bouchard to write a book co-authored with Dr. James V. Koch. The Caterpillar Way. Lessons in Leadership, Growth and Shareholder Value reached #1 on the Barnes & Noble Best Seller List. It also peaked at #8 on the New York Times Best Seller List in the business category.
In addition to highlighting global success and growth in his book, Craig Bouchard has been in the running for prestigious awards. He was named a finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award (Illinois) in 2005. He was also a finalist for the 2018 S&P Platts Award for CEO of the Year.
Bouchard holds the United States Patent 4,212,168, for Power Producing Dry-Type Cooling Systems. He shares his knowledge and expertise as a member of the Board of Directors of New York REIT. An Alumnus of Leadership Greater Chicago, Craig Bouchard is on the Leadership Board of Athletics at Duke University too. He has previously served as a member of the Board of Trustees of Boston University and The University of Montana Foundation.
A desire to revolutionize the world’s commercial truck fleet led Bouchard to establish his newest venture, Ecolution kWh. He and his team were granted patents for a promising pathway to net-zero carbon emissions for electric trailer trucks. They want to make electric trucks more functional and easier to operate while protecting the planet.
Craig Bouchard is leading the development of a floating electric grid with zero carbon emissions and no massive capital expenditure. This grid should replace unstable electric grids across the world, triggering the next industrial revolution. He wants to enable a green delivery of goods with lower costs and higher revenues. This inspired the creation of the Module Active Response System, known as MARS.
Making electric trucks viable in the long-term is a huge passion for Bouchard. He sees a sustainable competitive advantage in the intellectual property of Ecolution kWh for the next two decades. MARS supplies electricity to electric vehicles, increasing the range by approximately 50%. It presents the opportunity for quicker mobile recharging and battery swaps.
MARS is unique in that it delivers electricity not only to the truck but anything that’s plugged into it as well. Therefore MARS can supply energy to diesel and hydrogen trucks and trailers for greater energy generation and storage. That’s why Craig Bouchard is moving forward into the business of mass-producing carbon-free electricity. At scale, he believes Ecolution kWh can become the largest global power company with almost no capital expenditure.
Bouchard’s long-lasting success can be attributed to his commitment to working with a world-class team of fellow innovators and entrepreneurs. He has an insatiable determination to meet his goals and lead Ecolution kWh to new heights with net-zero carbon emissions.
Although his business endeavors and patent projects keep him busy, Bouchard makes time to make a difference in his community. What started as a hobby writing project transformed into one of the most popular children’s books in the world in 2014. The Adventures of Ai and accompanying video game was downloaded more than 200,000 times with Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Arabic translations. The project supported 18 global charities, causes which are important to Bouchard, his wife Melissa Nelson Bouchard and their six children.
