Douglas R. Eger
Douglas R. Eger (April 12, 1961) is an American entrepreneur, businessman, and conservationist. He is the founder and CEO of Intrinsic Exchange Group, a private company that developed the Natural Asset Company model to mobilize private capital for conservation and regenerative land management. Eger’s career has spanned finance, media, technology, and healthcare.[1][2]
Early life and education
Eger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography, focusing on Environmental Management and Writing, from the University of Iowa in 1981.[3]
Career
Early ventures
Eger served as chairman and CEO (1992-1997) of Sheffield Pharmaceuticals,[3][4][5] which was then listed on the American Stock Exchange. In 1999, he founded and led Eger, Inc.[3] He founded of TechSource, a technology transfer company serving private and public universities, and cofounded Kachina Capital, a firm that advised companies on strategic and financial matters.[4] Eger also served as chairman of Novix Media, alongside Michael J. Berman, co-founder of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s magazine George.[6] Eger was also chairman of Pet360, Inc., which combined PetMD.com, Pet Food Direct and Pet360. The company was sold to PetSmart in 2014.[4][2][7]
Media and Incubator
Eger is also the founder and C.E.O. of Entertaining Ideas, a media and idea incubator.[4][8] His media accomplishments include being Executive Producer of War/Dance (2007), an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning documentary about Ugandan child soldiers,[4][9][10][11] and Shoot Down (2008), a documentary that won the Jury Award at the Sonoma Valley Film Festival.[12][13] Eger was also Development Producer on How to Survive a Plague (2012), an Oscar-nominated documentary focused on the early AIDS epidemic.[14]
Eger also appears as himself in the feature documentary How To Live On Earth (2026),[15] presented by Benedict Cumberbatch. In a segment examining the economic value of nature, Eger appears alongside climate activist Xiye Bastida and discusses the Natural Asset Company model for incorporating the value of ecosystem services into financial markets.[16][17]
Intrinsic Exchange Group and Natural Asset Companies (NACs)
Eger developed the Natural Asset Company (NAC) model for investing in nature in 2013 and, in 2017, founded Intrinsic Exchange Group (IEG).[1] In 2021, IEG partnered with the New York Stock Exchange to list Natural Asset Companies (NACs) as a publicly traded asset class.[18][19] Although the NYSE withdrew its SEC proposal for publicly listing NACs in January 2024 amid political scrutiny, IEG continues to pursue NACs in private markets.[20][21][22][1] The Natural Asset Company model was identified as a "priority finance solution" for nature in the 2025 Finance Solutions for Nature: Pathways to Returns and Outcomes insight report published by the World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company.[23]
In May 2025, Eger and the Intrinsic Exchange Group licensed its Ecological Performance Reporting Framework to Fordham University's Gabelli School of Business in partnership to development of reporting and accounting standards for natural capital. The framework is based on the United Nations System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Ecosystem Accounting framework.[24][25]
Eger is a prominent voice in the fields of natural capital and advocates for nature as an asset class, and has spoken on various panels and is a part of various councils on the topic. He serves as a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Natural Capital,[26] and has spoken on the topic on various podcasts and at events hosted by organizations including Brookings Institution,[27] The New York Times,[4] and S&P Global.[28]
Conservation and impact
Eger, along with his wife Khuly, acquired and preserved nearly 7,000 acres of land in New York State through partnerships with Open Space Institute and Trust for Public Lands.[2] Among the properties was the 5,405 acre Lundy Estate.[29]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 DePillis, Lydia (2024-02-18). "Nature Has Value. Could We Literally Invest in It?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "The Security Traders Association of New York, Inc. - 2022 STANY Conference Speaker Bios". stany.org. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Douglas Eger - Chief Executive Officer at Intrinsic Exchange Group". THE ORG. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 "Douglas Eger". The New York Times. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "L-R Professor Jean Claude Cherman with Douglas R. Eger Sheffield..." Getty Images. 2018-09-18. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "NOVIX MEDIA GETS A $48M INFUSION | New York Post". 2000-01-25. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "Natural asset company backer says he's still 'committed' to effort | Agri-Pulse Communications, Inc". www.agri-pulse.com. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "Douglas Eger". Reset Connect 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "War Dance". Shine Global. 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "War Dance (Documentary Film)". The Paley Center for Media. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "Douglas Eger". MUBI. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ Nguyen, Anh. "Shoot Down". Cinequest. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "Douglas Eger List of Movies and TV Shows - TV Guide". www.tvguide.com. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ Lane-Zucker, Laurie (2022-02-01). "Natural Asset Companies: A New NYSE Asset Class | IE Deep Dive". Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "How To Live On Earth". IMDB. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "How to Live on Earth review - a hopeful look at our collective future". www.theartsdesk.com. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ Duffell, Rachel (2026-09-20). "'How to Live On Earth': the "world's greatest how-to video" wants us to rethink how we invest, eat and live". Tatler. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "NYSE and Intrinsic Exchange Group Partner to Launch a New Asset Class to Power a Sustainable Future". ir.theice.com. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ Harty, Declan. "NYSE is pushing into the market of natural assets". Fortune. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "New York Stock Exchange drops idea on investing in nature amid GOP backlash". Newsweek. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "E&E News: 'Natural asset companies' felled by critics". subscriber.politicopro.com. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ Rives, Karin (2024-01-18). "New York Stock Exchange scraps its plan to list natural asset companies". S&P Global. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "Finance Solutions for Nature: Pathways to Returns and Outcomes" (PDF). World Economic Forum Insight Report. September 2025 – via World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company.
- ↑ "Intrinsic Exchange Group Collaboration | Fordham". www.fordham.edu. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ Czebiniak, Roman Paul; Choi, Esther Sekyoung (2026-03-10). "'Natural Asset Companies' Could Finally Make Healthy Ecosystems Investable". World Resources Institute. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "Global Future Council on Natural Capital". initiatives.weforum.org. Archived from the original on 2026-06-14. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "How can markets better value nature and price the benefits of conservation?". Brookings. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ "The role of carbon markets in protecting and restoring nature". S&P Global. 2026-01-16. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
- ↑ Herald-Record, Deborah Medenbach,The Times. "Estate a haven for couple's dreams". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 2026-10-05.
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