Peter Diamandis
Peter Diamandis is the founder of the X-Prize. The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational nonprofit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. Since the winning of the $10 million Ansari X PRIZE for Suborbital Spaceflight by Burt Rutan and Paul Allen in 2004, the Foundation has grown in new areas, launching the $10 million Archon X PRIZE for Genomics and the $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE. The X PRIZE Foundation will continue to offer new prizes for breakthroughs in the areas of life improvement, exploration, equity of opportunity and sustainability and is widely recognized as the leading model for fostering innovation through competition.
Peter also serves as the CEO of Zero Gravity Corporation. He is Chairman & co-founder of the Rocket Racing League, co-founder and Director of Space Adventures, the company which brokered the launches of four private citizens to the International Space Station.
No doubt, Peter is truly a visionary and largely responsible as the driving force for the private space industry coming into play today.
"...like-minded entrepreneurs, CEOs and small business owners together to exchange
ideas and also support the next generation of entrepreneurs..."
"There's innovation in the collision between business and adventure"
"Combines a love of adventure and a love of business to get better at both"
