Shantanu Kumar

Author, entrepreneur, and eternal optimist—Shantanu Kumar builds futures worth living.

Books

Sun Sign

Aries

Three things people don’t know about you?

Thinks in decades, acts in sprints, and still somehow forgets birthdays.

What’s your greatest fear?

Losing my memory—because then I’ll have to meet myself for the first time... and that guy’s a lot to take in.

What is your greatest achievement?

"Seeing climate not just as an existential crisis—but as the ultimate startup pitch. One that unlocks trillion-dollar opportunities on Earth... and builds the runway to launch us beyond it."

High point of your life?

Influencing startups to think big and shape new industries

Low point of your life

Facing massive floods at home

Which living person do you most admire?

Masayoshi Son

Who is your favorite fictional hero?

Iron Man

Who is your favorite fictional villain?

Darth Vader

Who are your favorite authors?

Issac Asimov, Leo Tolstoy, Peter Thiel, Renée Mauborgne, Clayton Christensen, Richard Thaler, RK Narayan

What are your 5 favorite books of all time?

Anna Karenina, Atlas Shrugged, Zero to One, Seeing What is Next, Nudge, Black Swan, The Future Is Faster Than You Think

Is there a book you love to reread?

Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall

What are your 5 favorite movies of all time?

The Aviator, Interstellar, The Martian, Have you got mail, Gladiator

One Superpower you wish you had?

Time Travel

Your epitaph would read? /Last line in your biography would be?

Reloading

If you had a time machine to take you back to any country and any time period, where would you choose to be for your childhood, adolosent , adult life and silver years?

"Born in Nalanda, 5th Century CE—raised on scrolls, shaped by sages. I asked questions before I could walk and never really stopped. I came of age in 1990s Silicon Valley, where dial-up tones and dot-com dreams collided. While others chased IPOs, I reverse-engineered power—how systems rule minds, markets, and momentum. By 2060, I was building floating cities off the coast of a drowning India and designing orbital habitats. And in the year 2205? I’ve retired on Mars. My companions: code, memory, and the red dust of reinvention. "

If you could acquire any talent, what would it be?

Learn fast

Which book you wish you had written ?

Principia

When and where do you write ?

When I am travelling! Usually, in flights, trains or cars.

Silence or music?

Ambient Noise

One phrase that you use most often?

Why not?

Do you have a writing ritual / superstition?

Yes, I don't write if I have watched something.

What’s your guilty reading pleasure?

Thrillers

Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?

Books don't sell ideas - they scale them. Don't overthink - write!

Entrepreneur and systems thinker Shantanu Kumar transforms global challenges—climate, innovation, and space—into blueprints for a radically better future.



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