--- description: Find out how Peter Reinhardt is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. title: 2023 TIME100 Next: Peter Reinhardt image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta25db1738b467fa0/698a4000d07533215de6e599/time100-next-peter-reinhardt-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Sep 13, 2023 # Peter Reinhardt by [Alejandro de la Garza](/author/alejandro-de-la-garza/) ## Alejandro de la Garza Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Peter Reinhardt Peter ReinhardtCourtesy Peter Reinhardt Charm Industrial CEO Peter Reinhardt is developing a new way to sequester CO2\. Charm uses high heat to convert biomass from overgrown forests and agricultural sources into “bio oil,” then stores that liquid in former oil wells—preventing the plants from releasing CO2 into the atmosphere upon decomposition. The method has attracted a lot of attention in the [world of carbon removal](https://myclimatejourney.substack.com/p/peter-reinhardt-charm-industrial "undefined"), with Charm raising $100 million in June. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311747/peter-reinhardt/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311747/peter-reinhardt/"},"headline":"Peter Reinhardt","datePublished":"2023-09-13T11:00:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:19:50.785Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311747/peter-reinhardt/","keywords":["TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock","time100nextartists23"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta25db1738b467fa0/698a4000d07533215de6e599/time100-next-peter-reinhardt-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alejandro de la Garza","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alejandro-de-la-garza/"}],"creator":"Alejandro de la Garza","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta25db1738b467fa0/698a4000d07533215de6e599/time100-next-peter-reinhardt-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2023/6311747/peter-reinhardt/","name":"Peter Reinhardt"}}]}] ```