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 brilliant and controversial author of The Black Swan, described in the Sunday Times as one of the twelve most influential books since World War 2

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is the brilliant and controversial author of The Black Swan, described in the Sunday Times as one of the twelve most influential books since World War 2.

“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.

an academic and author of bestselling works such as The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an academic and author of bestselling works such as The Black Swan and Fooled by Randomness.

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.