a Lebanese American essayist whose work focuses on problems of randomness and probability

Born in 1960, Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese American essayist whose work focuses on problems of randomness and probability.

Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering and co-director of the Research Center for Risk Engineering at New York University-Polytechnic Institute

Nassim N. Taleb is Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering and co-director of the Research Center for Risk Engineering at New York University-Polytechnic Institute.

“The Black Swan” author and scholar

“The Black Swan” author and scholar Nassim Taleb was one of the customers who took to Twitter looking for a speedy resolution by tagging Tesla chief Elon Musk, who is known to regularly respond to tweets from customers.

a former derivatives trader

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a former derivatives trader, is Dean’s Professor in the Sciences of Uncertainty at the University of Massachusetts and teaches at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

author of books such as Anti-Fragile, Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan

Nassim Taleb is author of books such as Anti-Fragile, Fooled by Randomness and Black Swan.