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On this episode of WellBuilt, Jon sat down with Anousheh Ansari—entrepreneur, engineer, and first Iranian in space.
Anousheh shares her remarkable journey: growing up in Iran during the revolution and war, finding escape in the night skies, moving to the U.S., and eventually achieving her childhood dream of going to space.
She opens up about the transformative experience of seeing Earth from orbit and how it reshaped her life mission as CEO of XPRIZE. Today she's channeling that perspective into solving humanity's biggest challenges. XPRIZE is known for running multi-million-dollar competitions that have sparked breakthroughs in areas like climate, clean water, and human longevity.
The conversation covers:
🚀 How a childhood dream, entrepreneurship, and perseverance led her to space.
🌍 What it felt like to see Earth from space, how that moment inspired her to focus on global impact.
💡 Why piecemeal solutions fail and how XPRIZE catalyzes bold, scalable innovation. The unique power of prize-based innovation to unlock solutions where traditional R&D falls short.
🧬 XPRIZE's new healthspan focus, and how breakthroughs in cognition, muscle, and immune health will reshape human life.
💧 Clean water, carbon capture, and other moonshot ideas she believes can accelerate environmental progress.
👩🏽🚀 Lessons in leadership, resilience, and balancing high performance with wellbeing, and leading with humility.
🌳 Her love of nature, favorite national parks, and the role of stress management and mindset in her own health journey.
❤️ How JOON fits into XPRIZE's approach to company culture and employee wellbeing.
From sleeping under the stars in Iran to catalyzing billions in global innovation, Anousheh's story is an inspiring one.
Enjoy!
