of science degrees from the University of Paris. He holds
an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania (1983) and a PhD in Management Science from the University of Paris (Dauphine) (1998),under the direction of Hélyette Geman His dissertation focused on the mathematics of derivatives pricing.Taleb is a bestselling author, has been a professor at several universities, serving as Distinguished Professor of Risk Engineering at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering since September 2008, and as co-editor in chief of the academic journal, Risk and Decision Analysis since September 2014. He has also been a practitioner of mathematical finance, a hedge fund manager, a derivatives trader and is currently listed as a scientific adviser at Universa Investments.
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