Ed Thorp
- Thorp, 85, is a former American mathematics professor and hedge fund manager, who became a New York Times bestselling author in 1962 with his first book, Beat the Dealer. The book contained mathematical proof that you could do the seemingly impossible: beat.
- EDWARD THORP GALLERY. Home Exhibitions. Current Exhibition 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 Artists About Contact 2019. Down to the Sea Winter Works 2018. Nueva Frontera Hooked Mats of the Grenfell Mission.
- MacLean, Edward O. Thorp, William T. Ziemba This volume provides the definitive treatment of fortune's formula or the Kelly capital growth criterion as it is often called. The strategy is to maximize long run wealth of the investor by maximizing the period by period expected utility of wealth with a logarithmic utility function.
“An amazing book by a true icon; Thorp launched revolutions in Vegas and on Wall Street by turning math into magic, and here he weaves his own life lessons into a page turner as hot as a deck full of aces. Loved it!”
—Ben Mezrich, New York Times Bestselling Author of Bringing Down The House and The Accidental Billionaires
Growing up in a family that struggled to get by, Ed Thorp never imagined that he would become a professor who would mathematically prove how card-counting gives every player an edge; that his discoveries would cause an uproar among casinos; that he would invent the wearable computer; or that he would take his knowledge of gambling to Wall Street, revolutionize investing, and make millions.
A Man for All Markets: From Las Vegas to Wall Street, How I Beat the Dealer and the Market.
And yet, all of that happened.
Meet Edward Thorp
Math professor, inventor, best-selling author, hedge-fund manager, gambler.
Edward O. Thorp is an American mathematics professor, hedge fund manager, and blackjack player. To beat roulette, he and the father of information theory, Claude Shannon, invented the first wearable computer. Along with innovative applications of probability theory, Thorp is also the New York Times bestselling author of Beat the Dealer, the first book to mathematically prove that the house advantage in blackjack could be overcome by card-counting. He also pioneered the use of quantitative investment techniques in the financial markets. He lives in Newport Beach, California.