 A very unique man, Nassim Tlaib, has one of the most compelling ideas on the subject of measuring risk. Nassim Tlaib is a middle-aged man of Greek background from a prominent family in Lebanon and educated here in the United States. He is an author, a scholar, a mathematics professor, a philosopher, senior Wall Street trader, and a hedge fund manager and an expert on mathematical science. Did you get all that? That's quite a mouthful, isn't it?