Zoltan Istvan is the 2016 US Presidential candidate of the Transhumanist Party, a political organization dedicated to putting science, health, and technology at the forefront of American politics.
At the age of 21, Zoltan began a solo, multi-year sailing journey around the world. He explored over 100 countries, many as a journalist for the National Geographic Channel, writing, filming, and appearing in dozens of television stories, articles, and webcasts. His work has been featured in many major television channels, such as CNN, FOX News, and BBC.
Zoltan writes futurist and transhumanist-themed blogs for Huffington Post, and Psychology Today. He has also written for Daily Mail, Newsweek, Wired UK, and San Francisco Chronicle. Back in America, he started various successful businesses from real estate development to filmmaking under ZI Ventures. He is a philosophy and religious studies graduate of Columbia University and reside in San Francisco with his two daughters and physician wife. Zoltan recently published ‘The Transhumanist Wager’, describing philosopher Jethro Knights and his unwavering quest for immortality via science and technology.