Nassim Taleb

Nassim Taleb

Investment strategist, author and linguist, Nassim Taleb is the author of the international bestseller The Black Swan. He is a regular commentator on financial matters for Bloomberg TV and in The Wall Street Journal. The investment firm he advises, Universal Investments, has reported gains of 50% -110% since 2007.

Spécialiste des produits financiers dérivés et critique de l’industrie, Nassim Taleb est l’auteur des succès de librairie Fooled by Randomness et The Black Swan.

Recent Talks

Risk and the Next Global Crisis
2009-2010 Grano Speaker Series (Oct, 2009)

"Deficits are like putting dynamite in the hands of children. They can get out of control very quickly."

- Nassim Taleb


"Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well. We're going to have a severe problem."

- Tom Peters