Nassim Taleb

Known as the father of the Black Swan, Nassim ranked 40th among the 50 most influential business thinkers in Crainer Dearlove in 2009, holding senior positions at several major banks, focusing on complex derivative transactions, including overseeing currency derivatives at UBS and fixed income derivatives at Credit Suisse in New York. He is currently a member of several hedge fund boards. Since 2000, Nassim has consulted on risk management for several major institutions, seven of the largest banks and investment banks, and two of the largest reinsurance companies. And he is famous for his two best-selling books, The Random Rich Fool and The Black Swan. The reason why he is called the father of the black swan is due to the black swan theory invented by Nassim. Nassim believes that financial markets are unprepared for unexpected events, and even star funds such as long-term capital management companies overlook the possibility of human disasters. And the occurrence of these events is not controlled by the financial market, and various dangers always exist, and disasters may occur at any time. In addition, there are many labels on Nassim's body - after the famous Lebanese family - the parents' families are prominent political and academic families; Self study to achieve success - Although he has a high degree, he did not become obsessed with mathematical statistics when he was young. According to him, mathematical statistics are mainly self-taught; Mastering multiple languages - he can speak French, English, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, and even understand ancient Greek, Latin, Aramaic, and Hebrew; A successful and unconventional trader, in his early 20s, he began working as a trader. When the market crashed in 1987, 27 year old Nassim had already achieved financial freedom and provided protection for traders from the Black Swan incident. He has made a lot of money in every major crash in recent decades; Nassim, a cancer survivor, developed throat cancer in the 1990s but has since recovered; Bestselling author - He has written two books that are highly popular worldwide, The Fool Who Becomes Rich Randomly and The Black Swan; Scholar Nassim is currently the most revered risk management theorist and a distinguished professor at New York University. He has been a member of the Hall of Fame for Derivatives Trading Strategies since 2001.