Barry J. Nalebuff (born July 11, 1958) is an American businessman, business theorist, and writer. He is a Milton Steinbach Professor of Management at

Yale School of Management The Yale School of Management (also known as Yale SOM) is the graduate business school of Yale University, a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. The school awards the Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA for Executiv ...

and author who specializes in

business strategy In the field of management, strategic management involves the formulation and implementation of the major goals and initiatives taken by an organization's managers on behalf of stakeholders, based on consideration of resources and an assessmen ...

and game theory. His published books include ''Thinking Strategically'' and ''The Art of Strategy.'' Nalebuff's class on negotiation has over 67,000 active learners through

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and has the second-highest net promoter score on the platform. He has a semi-regular column in ''

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'' with

Ian Ayres Ian Ayres (born 1959) is an American lawyer and economist. Ayres is a professor at the Yale Law School and at the Yale School of Management. Early life and education Ayres grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, where they graduated from Pembroke Cou ...

called "Why Not?" Nalebuff also has multiple entrepreneurial ventures. He was a co-founder of Honest Tea and Kombrewcha. He serves on the board of Q Drinks (started by his former student Jordan Silbert), Calicraft Beer, and AGP Glass.

Education

Nalebuff graduated in 1976 from the Belmont Hill School and in 1980 from

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with degrees in economics and mathematics. He then earned his master's degree and doctorate in economics from

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on a Rhodes Scholarship.

Academic career

Prior to joining the faculty at Yale, Nalebuff was a member of the Junior Society of Fellows at

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and worked as an assistant professor at

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Books

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References

External links

Bio of Nalebuff
on Yale University's website
Story of Nalebuff's co-founding Honest Tea
on Honest Tea's website
Co-opetition
with Adam Brandenburger and Barry Nalebuff
Why Not? How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small
with Ian Ayres and Barry Nalebuff
Forbes: Why Not?
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