Peter Diamandis
Peter Diamandis
Peter H. Diamandisis a Greek–American engineer, physician, and entrepreneur best known for being the founder and chairman of the X Prize Foundation, the co-founder and executive chairman of Singularity University and the co-author of the New York Times bestsellers Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think and BOLD: How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World. He is also the former CEO and co-founder of the Zero Gravity Corporation, the co-founder and vice chairman of Space Adventures...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth20 May 1961
government research fund
It's sad that the U.S. government doesn't fund risky research anymore.
years world energy
We live in a world bathed in 5,000 times more energy than we consume as a species in the year, in the form of solar energy.
uplifting impact literacy
If you can make a big impact on the global literacy problem, you can uplift a big portion of society.
real american-west oil
What opened up the American West was the fact that you owned the real estate. You owned the gold mines, the oil wells. The creation of these, back then, million dollar industries drove the railroads and eventually the airlines to provide this kind of transportation.
research unrest violence
Research shows that the wealthier, more educated, and healthier a nation, the less violence and civil unrest among its populace, and the less likely that unrest will spread across its borders.
organization back-when missions
I get demoralized by organizations that start off with a mission and pull back when they find it's risky.
thinking moon ideas
I don't think the space station is innovative. Going to the moon was innovative because we had no idea how to do it.
humanity earth way
Mining asteroids will ultimately benefit humanity on and off the Earth in a multitude of ways.
internet-access eight people
Eight billion people will have Internet access by 2020.
dream childhood effort
My childhood dreams were focused on being part of the effort to make humanity a multiplanetary species.
father islands doctors
My father, who grew up picking olives on the Greek island of Lesbos, was a doctor. So my family expected me to become a physician.
quality life-is function
The quality of your life is a function of who you go through life with.
moving body earth
We are not going to stop here on planet Earth. We're going to move out to other planetary bodies.
opportunity space flying
Back in 2007, I had the opportunity to meet Professor Stephen Hawking through the X PRIZE Foundation. In my first conversation with him I learned that he was passionate about flying into space someday.