Po Bronson

Po Bronson is a highly acclaimed American author, science journalist, and venture capitalist who seamlessly bridges the gap between deep-tech innovation and transformative sociocultural commentary. Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University, he built an early professional foundation working in finance at Credit Suisse and corporate consulting at Arthur Andersen before shifting his focus to storytelling. Over his prolific writing career, he authored seven bestselling books translated into 28 languages, securing a prominent reputation with his breakout satirical novel Bombardiers and his era-defining number-one New York Times bestseller What Should I Do with My Life? As a vital community builder, Bronson co-founded the San Francisco Writers’ Grotto, a pioneering cooperative workspace for independent writers and filmmakers. His subsequent deeply researched collaborations with Ashley Merryman, including the groundbreaking developmental psychology text NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children and the competitive behavioral analysis Top Dog: The Science of Winning and Losing, earned nine national accolades, such as the PEN USA Award for Literary Journalism and the AAAS Award for Outstanding Journalism. Leveraging his foresight as a former corporate futurist for Attention Span Media, Bronson transitioned into deep technology and synthetic biology. Moving through 2025 and into 2026, Bronson continues to shape the future of global innovation in his active executive role as Managing Director of IndieBio and General Partner at SOSV, where he orchestrates seed-stage investments for climate change, biotech, and planetary health start-ups while simultaneously driving the contemporary dialogue around his latest co-authored science roadmap, Decoding the World.