Ned Taleb

Ned Taleb is the co-founder and CEO of Reailize and B-Yond; and co-founder of Yuvo, AuDela and 7 prior companies which include exits to Nasdaq unicorns. Ned was born and raised through a 15 year war where 7% of population died; his house was destroyed twice, his father kidnapped. After moving many times between countries in the pursuit of the American Dream, he bootstrapped his first company in the US while in his twenties in a two bedroom apartment in Virginia and in the midst of the 2001 Global Recession. The bootstrapped companies co-founded by Ned grew over a 20 year period; creating 1000s of jobs and delivering on multi billion dollars of work. As an E&Y entrepreneur of the year and as an Angel Investor and incubator, Ned enjoys meeting and coaching new and young Entrepreneurs and sit on Judges Panels of Entrepreneurship competitions at McGill and IE University; Ned is also visiting professor for MBA at IE Business School on Serial Entrepreneurship and Bootstrapping.Ned speaks 4 fluent languages and sings in 10 languages, using his voice to break cultural barriers. For fun or for a cause, Ned enjoys performing Classical and flamenco guitar concerts and taking part in Opera recitals. He is also an advanced coffee barista and roaster, introducing his own line of exclusive coffee beans later this year.