Ignacio Peña, Singularity University, XPRIZE, Wharton with Futurist Ian Khan
In this episode, i speak with Ignacio Peña
Bio
Ignacio Peña is a strategist, an innovator, an advisor and an international speaker. He founded Surfing Tsunamis, a catalyst of abundance, inclusion and regeneration based on the power of transformational innovation. Recent initiatives range from putting in motion Open Space (the youth space program), designing a 35 acre innovation park in the heart of a mega-city and proposing a global Inclusion Moonshot to G20 leaders, to supporting senior leaders to reinvent global organizations and helping highly disruptive entrepreneurs to launch their startups. Ignacio catalyzed the first major Singularity University event in Latin America, co-founded a leading angel investor fund in Argentina, with a portfolio of over 20 disruptive global startups (one of which is already a multi-billion dollar unicorn), and created the first MOOC focused on technology entrepreneurship in Latin America.
Previously, Ignacio worked for over 15 years as strategic consultant for leading corporations, governments, NGOs and associations. He was Partner and Managing Director of The Boston Consulting Group based in Brazil and at Booz & Co. He executed over 100 projects in more than a dozen sectors, was involved in M&A transactions worth over US$5B and has deep experience in strategy, innovation, corporate development and large-scale transformations.
Ignacio is Lecturer at the Wharton School and was selected Bold Innovator at XPRIZE in 2016, when he designed a global prize to make nutritious food ultra-affordable everywhere. He published articles in a range of international media, including the Huffington Post and the Financial Times. He holds an MSc in Economics from UCA, an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.
About After Shock
The world’s foremost futurists reflect on 50 years of Future Shock—and look ahead to the next 50
Contributors include:
Alan KayAaron FrankAdrienne MayorAlexander MankowskyAlexandra IvanovitchAlisha BhagatAmy ZalmanAnders Sorman-NilssonAndra KeayAndrew CurryAndy HinesAnita SenguptaAnne Lise KjaerAris PersidisAubrey de GreyBarry O’ReillyBarry VackerBill DavidowBill DiamondBryan AlexanderByron ReeseCarlos OsorioCarver MeadCat TullyCindy FrewenClem BezoldDaniel BurrusDaniel LevineDavid BrinDavid GustonDavid KrakauerDavid J. StaleyDavid WeinbergerDeb WestphalDiane M. FrancisDonna DupontEleanor “Nell” WatsonEric DaimlerErica BolErik QualmanFotis SotiropoulosGeorge GilderGrady BoochGray ScottHannes SjobladHarish NatarajanHazel HendersonHelen MessierIan KhanIgnacio PenaJack UldrichJames CantonJane McGonigalJason JacksonJason SchenkerJay GambettaJeff EisenachJeffrey C. BauerJerome GlennJerry FishendenJoe DispenzaJoe TankersleyJoel GarreauJohn L. PetersenJohn M. SmartJohn SackJohn SaneiJohn SchroeterJonathan VennJosé MoreyKaitlyn SadtlerKirk BorneKlee IrwinKris ØstergaardLisa BodellMaciej KranzMartin GuiguiMartin ReesMaggie GreysonMichael TomczykMichel LabergeMick EbelingMoon RibasNaveen JainNeil JacobsteinNewt GingrichPatricia Lustig & Gill RinglandPaul SaffoPaul StimersPo Bronson & Arvind GuptaRay KurzweilRebecca CostaRichard BrowningRichard SlaughterRichard WatsonRichard YonckRodrigo Nieto GómezRohit BhargavaRoss DawsonRuth MillerSanjiv Chopra & Pankaj K VijSohail InayatullahSridhar MahadevanStan RosenStephanie MehtaSteve WaiteTanya AcconeTerrence (Terry) SejnowskiTeun KoetsierTheodore Jay GordonThomas FreyTimothy ChouVikram MansharamaniWolfgang FenglerZoltan Istvan
Publication Details
ISBN Print: 978-0-9997364-4-9
ISBN eBook: 978-0-9997364-5-6
About Ian Khan
Ian Khan is a futurist, keynote speaker, and host of The Futurist, an independent documentary series streaming on Amazon Prime Video, Roku, Tubi and 45+ platforms. Ranked a Top 25 Futurist worldwide in 2025, Thinkers50 Distinguished Award Finalist, and USA Today bestselling author of UNDISRUPTED. Keynotes and executive briefings delivered in more than 60 countries.
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