Birthdate: 1960 AD
Birthplace: Amioun, Lebanon
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist, mathematical statistician, and former option trader known for his work on randomness, probability, complexity, and uncertainty. He is the author of the Incerto, a five-volume series exploring the nature of uncertainty, with notable works such as The Black Swan and Antifragile. Taleb has taught at various universities, including serving as a Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University Tandon School of Engineering. He has critiqued risk management in finance, advocated for a “black swan robust” society, and promoted the concept of “antifragility” in systems.
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