Served as 57th Chair of the Federal Trade Commission.

Professor Columbia University & contributing opinion writer for the NY Times. Latest book THE AGE OF EXTRACTION (the rise of the platforms) (Nov 2025) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177/the-age-of-extraction-by-tim-wu/

Vanderbilt law professor. Formerly U.S. Treasury (crisis team), Citadel (merger arbitrage), Merrill Lynch (financial institutions investment banking), Wachtell (M&A).

President of @crisesnotes.bsky.social (crisesnotes.com) Book: [About Undetermined], under contract with Viking Books email: crisesnotes@gmail(dot)com Signal: NathanTankus.01 (only for reporting... Okay on weekends you can confess crushes)

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