SIR NIALL FERGUSON - February 9, 2026

British/American Historian

Niall Ferguson is a British historian and author, acclaimed for his work on economic history, empire, and globalization. He is currently the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Niall is a prolific commentator and consultant on contemporary economic and political issues, known for his ability to connect historical insights with current global trends. He is the author of 16 books, including The Pity of War, The House of Rothschild, Empire, Civilization and Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist, which won the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Prize. He is an award-winning filmmaker, too, having received an international Emmy for his PBS series The Ascent of Money. His 2018 book, The Square and the Tower, was a New York Times bestseller and was also adapted for television by PBS as Niall Ferguson’s Networld. In 2020 he joined Bloomberg Opinion as a columnist. In addition, he is the founder and managing director of Greenmantle, a New York-based advisory firm, a co-founder of the Latin American fin tech company Ualá, and a co-founder of the new University of Austin. His latest book, Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe, was published in 2021 by Penguin and was shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize. In 2024, Ferguson was knighted by King Charles III for his services to literature. He is currently writing Kissinger, 1969-2023: The Player and serving as a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.