| Full Name |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
| Date of Birth |
12 November 1960 |
| Place of Birth |
Amioun, Lebanon |
| Date of Death |
- |
| Place of Death |
- |
| Citizenship / Country of Residence |
American, Lebanese, French |
| Education |
University of Paris Dauphine (MSc), Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (MBA), Sorbonne University (PhD) |
| Profession |
Essayist, scholar, statistician, former options trader, risk analyst, investment fund manager |
| Years of Activity |
1980s - Present |
| Brief Information |
Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a Lebanese-American essayist and scholar whose work focuses on problems of randomness, probability, and knowledge. He is the author of the Incerto series, a five-volume philosophical essay on luck, uncertainty, probability, opacity, human judgment, and risks. Taleb is known for his critique of conventional risk management and forecasting methods, advocating for robust systems that can withstand unpredictable events. |