Zain Jan

In a 2019 autobiographical article, Zain Jan recalled growing up near Boston with immigrant parents and later moving with his family to another nearby town.⁠[1]

His public résumé lists studies at the University of Rhode Island from 2014 to 2016. In his own account, he studied finance and then left college to pursue business.⁠[2][1]

According to his account, he moved to California after leaving college and worked in sales and team management at Bright Planet Solar and SolarCity.⁠[1]

In Alejandro Rioja’s July 3, 2017 interview, he described developing Sungrade Solar with Aaron Katz and Owen Gintis, covering residential solar installation, direct sales, logistics and software.⁠[3]

In the same interview, he emphasized team training, clear communication and a simpler sales process, describing customer referrals and social-media advertising as acquisition channels.⁠[3]

He co-founded Better Earth with Shaun Sharabi, Trace Rucarean, Patrick Butler and Michael Cavaleri and served as CEO. The company sells and installs residential solar products.⁠[4]

The first episode of Better Podcast featured him discussing the solar industry’s past, present and future in an approximately 46-minute interview.⁠[5]

He published a personal business podcast covering solar entrepreneurship and interviews with Grant CardoneGrant CardoneGrant Cardone is an American real-estate investor, sales trainer and business author, and CEO of Cardone Capital and Cardone Training Technologies. He developed his career through sales training, property funds, business books and 10X events. The 10X Rule is one of his best-known books.Open the full entry and Ed Mylett. Related interviews also appear on his personal YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel.⁠[6][7]

In a The Nation interview, he said the company increased online marketing during the pandemic and combined solar sales with installation to sustain and expand its operations.⁠[8]

A Breaking Business interview introduced him as founder and CEO of Solar CEOs. The business provides solar-company operators with training and coaching in sales, marketing, processes and team management.⁠[9][10]

SOAR Energy announced a partnership with Better Earth to promote residential solar services in California, Arizona, Texas and Florida. The announcement said they would donate part of each installation’s proceeds to clean-water nonprofit GivePower.⁠[4]

Mercedes Quesada filed a proposed class action in Florida alleging that Better Earth and its local subsidiary failed to complete operational solar systems within the contractual period. The defendants were the companies, not Zain Jan personally.⁠[11]

School of Hard Knocks published an interview about entrepreneurship, scaling, networking and sales. Its description’s $300 million figure was a business-revenue projection for that year, not established realized revenue or personal net worth. Original interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6I3R5Z-YZI (opens in a new window).⁠[12]

Jonathan Tinajero sued Better Earth, Zain Jan and others in Los Angeles County, asserting wrongful termination, promissory fraud and wage-related claims. These were allegations, not established findings.⁠[13]

Public docket entries record the consolidation of 16 related cases under Nicholas Leinbach v. Better Earth, case 24STCV02800. The defendants subsequently filed challenges to the complaints and motions to strike portions of them.⁠[14][15]

The federal court dismissed claims against California parent Better Earth, Inc. without prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction and allowed amendment. This did not terminate the entire case against the Florida subsidiary.⁠[16]

The lead case’s public docket lists an order partly sustaining and partly overruling the demurrer and partly granting and denying the motion to strike. This pleading-stage entry does not establish that all employment disputes had ended.⁠[15]

An Enphase Energy product announcement quoted him as Better Earth’s CEO on the IQ Battery 10C’s reliability and U.S. domestic content.⁠[17]

A San Diego County case record lists a commercial contract action filed by OneSource Distributors against Better Earth Electric, Zain Jan and others. The filing itself does not establish a finding of liability.⁠[18]

Personal X: https://x.com/zainjanofficial (opens in a new window). Personal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@zainjan (opens in a new window). His Linktree connects these accounts with Better Earth’s careers page; his associated businesses include Better Earth and Solar CEOs.⁠[19][20][7]