Peter Diamandis
Founder & Chairman of XPRIZE | Co-Founder of Singularity University
About
Peter Diamandis founded and chairs the XPRIZE Foundation, which leads the world in designing large-scale incentive competitions. He co-founded Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution counseling leaders on exponentially growing technologies.
Fortune named him one of the World's 50 Greatest Leaders. As an entrepreneur, Peter has started over 20 companies in longevity, space, venture capital, and education.
He speaks on exponential technologies, abundance, and the future of innovation.
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Abundance is our future
Onstage at TED2012, Peter Diamandis makes a case for optimism -- that we'll invent, innovate and create ways to solve the challenges that loom over us. "I’m not saying we don’t have our set of problems; we surely do. But ultimately, we knock them down.”
Stephen Hawking's zero g flight
Our next giant leap
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