Peter H. Diamandis (born May 20, 1961) is an American engineer, physician, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, and the cofounder and executive chairman of Singularity University. He is also cofounder and former CEO of the Zero Gravity Corporation, cofounder and vice chairman of Space Adventures Ltd., founder and chairman of the Rocket Racing League, cofounder of the International Space University, cofounder of Planetary Resources, cofounder of Celularity, founder of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, and vice chairman and cofounder of Human Longevity, Inc.
For the past few centuries, universities and schools have functioned as 'job-training systems' for a world that no longer exists.
That's changing.
There are now more than seven billion people on the planet. If trends don’t reverse, by 2050, we’ll be closer to ten billion.
We're living through the most consequential moment in human history. AI is writing its own code. Satellites are connecting every phone on Earth. Robots are outrunning humans. Cancer patients are designing their own cures.