Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Author of The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

Also known as: Nassim Taleb, Nassim Taleb, Nicholas Taleb, Nassim N. Taleb, Nassim N. Taleb, Nassim Nichol Taleb ... (see complete list), Taleb Nassim Nicholas, Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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Books by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable 2070 copies, 55 reviews
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets 1323 copies, 20 reviews
Dynamic Hedging: Managing Vanilla and Exotic Options (Wiley Finance) 40 copies
Black Swan 2 copies

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1960

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Amioun, Lebanon (birth)

New York, New York, USA

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Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (MBA)

University of Paris (PhD | management science)

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Derivatives Hall of Fame (2001)

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Mr. Taleb hales from a Greek Orthodox Levantine Family. He is a polyglot, being fluent in a number of languages. He has devoted his life to problems of luck, uncertainty, probability, and knowledge. He lives mostly in New York.

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