Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a Senior Faculty Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. A prolific author of sixteen books and award-winning filmmaker, he contributes to Bloomberg Opinion and co-founded Greenmantle LLC (advisory firm) and Ualá (fintech company).

• Education: MA, DPhil, FRSE
• Key Roles: Trustee of New York Historical Society, Centre for Policy Studies, and University of Austin

Research Interests: Economic history, imperial history, authoritarianism, AI’s societal impact, and geopolitical networks. His 2024-2025 work focuses on US-China tensions, Trump’s foreign policy, and academic freedom.

Scientific Awards:

• Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Prize (for Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist
• International Emmy for The Ascent of Money (PBS series)
• Shortlisted for Lionel Gelber Prize (for Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe)

Advising & Grants: Founder of Greenmantle LLC, advisory firm established in 2011. Co-founder of Ualá, a Latin American fintech company. Regular contributor to global policy debates on debt crises, AI ethics, and institutional reform.