Henry Hon is a Chinese-American author and the CEO of the Henry Hon Foundation, a non-profit organization established in 1997 to promote and publish his works. He received his Ph.D. in Pure Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and taught at Cornell University, Harvard University and The University of Pennsylvania. He is currently a professor at Harvard University and MIT Sloan School of Management
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He has published more than 100 articles and four books including: The Power of Limits and the Power of Limits: An Autobiography (co-authored with Terence Tao) which were both recognized as finalists for the 2008 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award; The Greatest Trade Ever: Inside the meteoric rise, equally meteoric fall, and phenomenal rebirth of Asia's Largest Hedge Fund (co-authored with David S. Woo); "Why Should We Be Afraid to Die?" (co-authored with Eugene B. Skyrms) which was recognized as one of the Top Ten Best Books on Philosophy by the New York Public Library; "How to Beat The Market: Lessons from Biology and Behavioral Finance" co-authored with Joel Greenblatt; "The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt" (co-authored with Michael J.
Paul).