Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy adviser, world traveler, and bestselling author. He is founder and CEO of Climate Alpha, an A.I.-powered analytics platform that future-proofs global investments, and founder and managing partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario-based strategic advisory firm. His latest book is Move: Where People Are Going for a Better Future (2021), which was preceded by The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019). He is author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order, beginning with The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), followed by How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and concluding with Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He is also the author of Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012). Mr. Khanna was named one of Esquire’s 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century and featured in Wired magazine’s Smart List. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics, and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. He has traveled to more than 150 countries and is a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum.
