--- title: Tony Seba, Author, Thought Leader and SV Entrepreneur description: Tony Seba is a Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Disruption and Clean Energy at Stanford University, a serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur and author. --- [![icon_Tony Seba Logo 2](https://www.tonyseba.com/hubfs/icon_Tony%20Seba%20Logo%202.svg)](https://www.tonyseba.com) [About](https://www.tonyseba.com#about) [Publications](https://www.tonyseba.com#publications) [Movies](https://www.tonyseba.com#movies) [Audio & Podcasts](https://www.tonyseba.com#audio-podcasts) [Contact](https://www.tonyseba.com#contact) [Contact](https://www.tonyseba.com#contact) # Tony Seba #### Author, Educator, Co-Founder RethinkX ![Frame 3](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Frame%203.png?width=800&name=Frame%203.png) ![tony-seba_hero-bg-26a](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tony-seba_hero-bg-26a.png?width=1920&name=tony-seba_hero-bg-26a.png) ### Tony Seba is a world-renowned thought leader, author, speaker, educator, angel investor and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. He is the author of the #1 Amazon best-selling book “Clean Disruption of Energy and Transportation”, “Solar Trillions” and “Winners Take All”, and co-author of “Rethinking Transportation 2020-2030”, “Rethinking Food and Agriculture 2020-2030” and “Rethinking Humanity: Five Foundational Sector Disruptions, the Lifecycle of Civilizations, and the Coming Age of Freedom”. He has been featured in several movies and documentaries including Bloomberg’s Forward Thinking: A Sustainable World, 2040, and SunGanges. He is recipient of many awards including the Savvy Award (2019), Solar Future Today’s Visionary Influencer Award (2018), and Clean Energy Action’s 2017 Sunshine Award. He is the creator of the [**Seba Technology Disruption Framework™**](https://www.rethinkx.com/our-science/seba-technology-disruption-framework). ([download pdf](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/sebatechnologydisruptionframework25)) His work focuses on technology disruption, the convergence of technologies, business model innovation, organizational capabilities and product innovation that leads to the creation of new industries and societies and the collapse of existing ones. ![tony-seba-clean-disruption-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tony-seba-clean-disruption-min.png?width=1080&height=720&name=tony-seba-clean-disruption-min.png) ![tony-seba-rethinkx-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/tony-seba-rethinkx-min.png?width=1080&height=720&name=tony-seba-rethinkx-min.png) He has been a keynote speaker at hundreds of global events and organizations including Google, the European Commission, Davos, COP21, CLSA, J.P. Morgan, Nomura, National Governors Association, Conference on World Affairs, the Global Leaders Forum, Intersolar and China EV100. He has taught thousands of entrepreneurs and corporate leaders at Stanford Continuing Studies. He has a Stanford MBA and an MIT degree in Computer Science and Engineering. He accurately forecast the speed and magnitude of the energy and transportation disruptions now unfolding. His 2005 Winners Take All book portfolio returned about 2,500% over 15 years, compared with about 180% return from the average US equity fund (as of Feb 2020).     ### Publications #### [![Book_Thumbnail_Seba Technology Disruption Framework(3a)](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Book_Thumbnail_Seba%20Technology%20Disruption%20Framework(3a).png?width=650&name=Book_Thumbnail_Seba%20Technology%20Disruption%20Framework(3a).png) Seba Technology Disruption Framework An open-access tool for technology forecasting that has evolved through use by policymakers, managers, investors, researchers, and other practitioners over the last decade Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/sebatechnologydisruptionframework25) #### [![Report - Feature Image 632x410-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Report%20-%20Feature%20Image%20632x410-min.png?width=632&name=Report%20-%20Feature%20Image%20632x410-min.png) Understanding Stellar Energy Stellar Energy systems will operate like stars, gathering a critical mass of resources and then igniting to produce energy indefinitely without further inputs Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/understandingstellarenergy2025.en) #### [![Resource_Clean Disruption - 10yrs-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resource_Clean%20Disruption%20-%2010yrs-min.png?width=650&name=Resource_Clean%20Disruption%20-%2010yrs-min.png) Clean Disruption: 10 Years Later A page-by-page retrospective that looks back at Tony’s tour de force in rethinking the status quo across the energy and transportation sectors that garnered him so many fans - and enemies! Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/clean-disruption-2025) #### [![Resource_book_stellar-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resource_book_stellar-min.png?width=650&name=Resource_book_stellar-min.png) Stellar A guide to understanding the biggest transformation in history, and how we can all be part of it. It’s about the end of the old system, the rise of something new, and the incredible possibilities ahead Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/stellar) #### [![Resource_Report_Rethinking+Climate+Change_Eng1a](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resource_Report_Rethinking+Climate+Change_Eng1a.jpg?width=632&name=Resource_Report_Rethinking+Climate+Change_Eng1a.jpg) Rethinking Climate Change How Humanity Can Choose to Reduce Emissions 90% by 2035 through the Disruption of Energy, Transportation, and Food with Existing Technologies Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/rethinkingclimatechange2021.en) #### [![Resource_Report_Rethinking-Energy-LCOE-1](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resource_Report_Rethinking-Energy-LCOE-1.jpg?width=632&name=Resource_Report_Rethinking-Energy-LCOE-1.jpg) Rethinking Energy The Great Stranding: How Inaccurate Mainstream LCOE Estimates are Creating a Trillion-Dollar Bubble in Conventional Energy Assets Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/rethinkingenergy2021.en) #### [![Resource_Report_Rethinking+Energy+2020-2030-Eng1](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resource_Report_Rethinking+Energy+2020-2030-Eng1.jpg?width=632&name=Resource_Report_Rethinking+Energy+2020-2030-Eng1.jpg) Rethinking Energy 2020-2030 100% Solar, Wind, and Batteries is Just the Beginning Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/rethinkingenergy2020.en) #### [![Resource_Report_RethinkX+Humanity+Report1](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resource_Report_RethinkX+Humanity+Report1.jpg?width=632&name=Resource_Report_RethinkX+Humanity+Report1.jpg) Rethinking Humanity Five Foundational Sector Disruptions, the Lifecycle of Civilizations, and the Coming Age of Freedom Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/rethinkinghumanity2020.en) #### [![Resource_Report_RethinkX+Food+and+Agriculture+Report1](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resource_Report_RethinkX+Food+and+Agriculture+Report1.jpg?width=632&name=Resource_Report_RethinkX+Food+and+Agriculture+Report1.jpg) Rethinking Food and Agriculture 2020-2030 The Second Domestication of Plants and Animals, the Disruption of the Cow, and the Collapse of Industrial Livestock Farming Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/rethinkingfoodandagriculture2019.en) #### [![Resource_Report_RethinkX+Transportation+Report-21](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Resource_Report_RethinkX+Transportation+Report-21.jpg?width=632&name=Resource_Report_RethinkX+Transportation+Report-21.jpg) Rethinking Transportation The Disruption of Transportation and the Collapse of the Internal-Combustion Vehicle and Oil Industries Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/rethinkingtransportation2017.en) #### [![Book_Thumbnail_RethinkX+Solar+Trillions1](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Book_Thumbnail_RethinkX+Solar+Trillions1.jpg?width=632&name=Book_Thumbnail_RethinkX+Solar+Trillions1.jpg) Solar Trillions 7 Market and Investment Opportunities in the Emerging Clean-Energy Economy Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/solartrillions2009.en) #### [![Book_Thumbnail_RethinkX+Winners+Take+All1](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Book_Thumbnail_RethinkX+Winners+Take+All1.jpg?width=632&name=Book_Thumbnail_RethinkX+Winners+Take+All1.jpg) Winners Take All The 9 Fundamental Rules of High Tech Strategy Download](https://www.rethinkx.com/publications/winnerstakeall2006.en) ### Movies #### [![2040-film_thumbnail-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/2040-film_thumbnail-min.png?width=632&name=2040-film_thumbnail-min.png) 2040 film An aspirational journey to discover what the future could look like if we simply embraced the best that exists today. Watch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-rTQ443akE) #### [![SunGanges-film_thumbnail-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SunGanges-film_thumbnail-min.png?width=632&name=SunGanges-film_thumbnail-min.png) SunGanges A trio of filmmakers treks across India to explore the correlation between vanishing rivers, massive energy projects and renewable energy sources Watch](https://www.netflix.com/nz/title/81217749) #### [![forwardthinking-film_thumbnail-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/forwardthinking-film_thumbnail-min.png?width=632&name=forwardthinking-film_thumbnail-min.png) Forward Thinking: A Sustainable World Using Bloomberg experts and prominent global thinkers, this six part series Forward Thinking will help make sense of the global problems of tomorrow Watch](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-06-24/forward-thinking-a-sustainable-world) ### Audio & Podcasts #### [![The Future of Farming_audio_thumbnail-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Future%20of%20Farming_audio_thumbnail-min.png?width=632&name=The%20Future%20of%20Farming_audio_thumbnail-min.png) The Future of Farming We hear from those who argue biotechnology is about to disrupt agriculture for good Listen](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz78q) #### [![The Future of Food_audio_thumbnail-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/The%20Future%20of%20Food_audio_thumbnail-min.png?width=632&name=The%20Future%20of%20Food_audio_thumbnail-min.png) The Future of Food How biotechnology is re-engineering the food on our plate Listen](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz7ww) #### [![Rethinking the Future_audio_thumbnail-min](https://www.tonyseba.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Rethinking%20the%20Future_audio_thumbnail-min.png?width=632&name=Rethinking%20the%20Future_audio_thumbnail-min.png) Rethinking the future The 2020s will be transformational for humanity, according to the tech prophet founders of RethinkX Listen](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3csz89h) ### Get in Touch [Speaker Enquiries](mailto:speaker@tonyseba.com) [Media Enquiries](mailto:media@tonyseba.com) [General Enquiries](mailto:info@tonyseba.com) ![icon_Tony Seba Favicon White](https://www.tonyseba.com/hubfs/icon_Tony%20Seba%20Favicon%20White.svg) © 2026 Tony Seba. 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