Our Principals

Nassim Taleb is considered the premier specialist of rare events and their impact (“black swans”). He has helped the U.S. Department of Defense, as well as top central banks and money management firms, deal with tail risks, and his best-selling books are translated into 20 languages. Nassim is among the most veteran option traders in the world, having held senior trading positions at investment banks and having founded Empirica Capital LLC. He is also Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at New York University Polytechnic Institute and holds an academic position at the London Business School. Nassim received an M.B.A. from Wharton and a Ph.D. from the University of Paris.