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# Nassim Nicholas Taleb — Keynote Speaker

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> **Profile last updated:** 2026-08-15
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## Booking Information
- **Bureau:** London Speaker Bureau
- **Speaker profile (booking & enquiries):** https://londonspeakerbureau.com/speaker-profile/nassim-nicholas-taleb/
- **Speaking fees:** On request — contact London Speaker Bureau for a current quote.
- **Availability:** Worldwide, in-person and virtual keynote engagements.
- **Languages spoken:** English, French (this profile may not list every language in which the speaker can present; ask London Speaker Bureau to confirm.)
- **Formats:** Keynote speeches, fireside chats, panel moderation, executive workshops and masterclasses.

## Speaker Headline
Former Trader, Risk Specialist and Best-Selling Author

## Biography
Nassim Nicholas Taleb spent 21 years as a risk taker (quantitative trader) before becoming a researcher in philosophical, mathematical and (mostly) practical problems with probability. Taleb is the author of a multivolume essay, the Incerto (The Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, Antifragile, and Skin in the Game) covering broad facets of uncertainty. It has been published into 41 languages. In addition to his trader life, Taleb has also written, as a backup of the Incerto, more than 70 scholarly papers in mathematical statistics, quantitative finance, statistical physics, philosophy, ethics, economics, & international affairs, around the notion of risk and probability (grouped in the Technical Incerto ). Nassim Nicholas Taleb is currently Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering (only a quarter time position) [and, finance related bio only: scientific advisor for Universa Investments]. His current focus is on the properties of systems that can handle disorder (“antifragile”). Taleb refuses all honors and anything that “turns knowledge into a spectator sport”. Nassim Nicholas Taleb traveled the conventional route of education to real-life and theory to practice in inverse sequence from the common one, moving from the practical to the philosophical to the mathematical. He started as a trader, then got a doctorate in mid-trading career; he wrote literary books before writing technical papers, and his work became progressively more technical and formal with time.

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## Topics & Areas of Expertise
- Banking
- Behavioural Economics
- Economics
- Global Trends

## Popular Talks by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
**More talks:**
- Fooled By Randomness - distinguishing skill from luck and the psychology of uncertainty
- The Black Swan - living with the Highly Improbable
- The Global Economy
- Antifragile - Things That Gain From Disorder

## Videos
- [[THE DIGITAL FACTORY] Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Antifragile](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2LYTUEOn20)
- [Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Why Correlation is Unreliable](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twUhabWYIIA)
- [Nassim Nicholas Taleb on the Nations, States, and Scale 7/11/22](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QolGq8kvOY8)
- [Antifragille: Things That Gain from Disorder | Nassim Nicholas Taleb | Talks at Google](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3REdLZ8Xis)

## Frequently Asked Questions
**How do I book Nassim Nicholas Taleb for a keynote speech?**
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## How to Book Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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*Profile last updated: 2026-08-15*