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In 2014 he was named one of "The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders" by FORTUNE Magazine. \nIn the field of innovation, Diamandis is founder and executive chairman o f the XPRIZE Foundation, best known for its $10 million Ansari XPRIZE for p rivate spaceflight.\nDiamandis is also the co-founder and vice-chairman of Human Longevity Inc. (HLI), a genomics and cell therapy-based diagnostic an d therapeutic company focused on extending the healthy human lifespan. He i s also the executive co-founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley institution that studies exponentially growing technologies , their ability to transform industries and solve humanity’s grand challeng es.\nIn the field of commercial space, Diamandis is co-founder/co-chairman of Planetary Resources, a company designing spacecraft to enable the detect ion and prospecting of asteroid for precious materials. He is also the co-f ounder of Space Adventures and Zero-Gravity Corporation.\nDiamandis is the New York Times bestselling co-author of “Abundance– The Future Is Better Th an You Think” and “BOLD – How to go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the Wor ld.”\nHe earned an undergraduate degree in molecular genetics and a graduat e degree in aerospace engineering from MIT, and received his MD from Harvar d Medical School.\nDiamandis’ mission is to open the space frontier for hum anity. His personal motto is: "The best way to predict the future is to cre ate it yourself."\nIn 2016, the Greek government honored him by issuing a 1 .2 Euro stamp into circulation. Also in 2016, the book “How To Make A Space ship – A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spacefli ght,” Diamandis’ biography and the story of the XPRIZE was written by Julia n Guthrie with a foreword by Richard Branson and an afterword by Stephen Ha wking.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation
Peter Diamandis, MD, is a n international pioneer in the fields of innovation, incentive competitions and commercial space. In 2014 he was named one of "The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders" by FORTUNE Magazine.
In the field of innovation, Diamandis is founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, bes t known for its $10 million Ansari XPRIZE for private spaceflight.
Di amandis is also the co-founder and vice-chairman of Human Longevity Inc. (H LI), a genomics and cell therapy-based diagnostic and therapeutic company f ocused on extending the healthy human lifespan. He is also the executive co -founder of Singularity University, a graduate-level Silicon Valley in stitution that studies exponentially growing technologies, their ability to transform industries and solve humanity’s grand challenges.
In the f ield of commercial space, Diamandis is co-founder/co-chairman of Plane tary Resources, a company designing spacecraft to enable the detection and prospecting of asteroid for precious materials. He is also the co-founder o f Space Adventures and Zero-Gravity Corporation.
Diamandis is the New
York Times bestselling co-author of “Abundance– The Future Is Better Than You Think” and “
He earned an undergraduate degree in molecular genetics an d a graduate degree in aerospace engineering from MIT, and received his MD from Harvard Medical School.
Diamandis’ mission is to open the space frontier for humanity. His personal motto is: "The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself."
In 2016, the Greek government honor ed him by issuing a 1.2 Euro stamp into circulation. Also in 2016, the book “How To Make A Spaceship – A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight,” Diamandis’ biogra phy and the story of the XPRIZE was written by Julian Guthrie with a forewo rd by Richard Branson and an afterword by Stephen Hawking.