Lars Jaeger

Lars Jaeger (7 August 1969 - 21 June 2024) was a Swiss-German author, entrepreneur, financial theorist, and alternative investment manager. He published on the history and philosophy of science, technology, and has in the past been an author on hedge funds, quantitative investing, and risk management. In his widely read blog as well as other media he frequently wrote on issues concerning scientific developments, new technologies, and their meaning for society. He was the author of many books on various topics. In 2014, Jaeger published a universal history of science (in German), and in September 2016 a book on the interplay of science and spirituality (again in German). His next book "Supermacht Wissenschaften" ("Superpower Science", 2017, again in German) outlines scenarios of mankind's technological future. His 2018 book "The Second Quantum Revolution - From Entanglement to Quantum Computing and Other Super-Technologies" (2018, English as well as German editions) deals with the latest quantum technologies. His 2019 book "Mehr Zukunft wagen" (Daring more future", 2019, in German) is a confrontation with the impending technological upheavals that lead to what Jaeger calls “The Human Crisis”. In 2020 he published "Sternstunden der Wissenschaft. A Success Story of Thinking" (in German) in which he describes the triumph of science on the basis of four essential intellectual virtues. His 2021 book "Ways Out of the Climate Catastrophe - Ingredients for a Sustainable Energy and Climate Policy" provides an outlook on a possible climate-friendly economy of the future. In 2022 Jaeger published two books: 1. "Emmy Noether - Her rocky Path to the top of Mathematics" (in German) and 2. "The Stumbling Progress of 20th Century Science - How Crises and Great Minds Have Shaped Our Modern World". The first gives a biography - readable also for non-mathematicians - of the greatest female mathematician in history. The second books describes the revolutionary development of ALL sciences from around 1880 to 1950. Two more books are in the process of being published.

Jaeger has for many years been an influential voice in the hedge fund industry on fostering developments towards more transparency, liquidity, and cost efficiency. He is the founder and CEO of Alternative Beta Partners AG and served GAM as Head of Alternative Risk Premia. Provided by Wikipedia