Hayes Barnard

About Hayes Barnard

Hayes Barnard is cofounder and CEO of GoodLeap, which has helped finance more than $26 billion in loans to homeowners making climate-friendly home upgrades.

GoodLeap runs a point-of-sale app that contractors use to get homeowner loans approved instantly for items like solar panels and water-saving turf.

The firm was valued at $12 billion in a 2021 funding round that raised $800 million from investors including Michael Dell.

A former Oracle exec, Barnard entered the mortgage lending business in 2003 and was an executive at SolarCity before it was bought by Tesla in 2016.

In 2014, Barnard founded nonprofit GivePower, which develops clean water and energy systems in underserved communities across the world.