Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a scholar, former quantitative trader, and one of the most influential contemporary thinkers on risk, uncertainty, and complex systems. He is the author of the landmark Incerto series (The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game), which introduced a radically new understanding of extreme events and transformed how leaders, institutions, and policymakers perceive unpredictability.

The Black Swan became a global phenomenon, redefining the role of rare, high-impact events in shaping markets, history, and decision-making. His work has been translated into 49 languages.

He is well-known for refusing honors, titles, and public recognitions, arguing that they “turn knowledge into a spectator sport.”

Throughout decades in finance, Taleb developed a practical mastery of probabilistic thinking, which he later expanded into formal research. He has published over 70 scholarly papers in mathematical statistics, quantitative finance, statistical physics, philosophy, ethics, and economics—collectively known as the Technical Incerto. His concepts—including fat-tail risk, antifragility, skin in the game, and the critique of model-driven certainty—have become foundational across finance, public policy, cybersecurity, strategy, and risk management.

Taleb is a retired Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering and serves as a scientific advisor to Universa Investments. Known for defending intellectual independence and for connecting theory with real-world practice, Taleb’s work offers rare clarity on how to navigate environments defined by volatility and complexity.
His presence as a keynote speaker provides a unique opportunity to engage directly with the ideas that have reshaped modern thinking on uncertainty, resilience, and the dynamics that govern an unpredictable world.