ParagKhanna is the Founder and Managing partner of FutureMap which is a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. He is also the co-founder and CEO of Factotum and a former managing partner of Hybrid Reality. Born in Kanpur, India, Parag is an also American citizen and was once an adviser to the US National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends 2030 program.

He is not only a Bachelor’s degree holder; he also has a Master of Arts in Security Studies and a Ph.D. holder in International Relations from the London School of Economics. Khanna is also an author, having some of his publications in TED Books and a public speaker having spoken also at several TED Conferences.

Khanna was awarded the OECD Future Leaders Prize, named one of Esquire's "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century and currently serves on the WEF's Global Agenda Council on Geo-economics and advisory board of its Future of Urban Development Initiative. He has also been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, International Institute for Strategic Studies.

He is also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.