14 Facts About Nelson Saiers

Nelson Saiers is an American mathematical artist and former hedge fund manager.

Nelson Saiers spent the first five years of his life in Ethiopia and Afghanistan while his father worked for the United States Agency for International Development.

At the age of one, Nelson Saiers was held at gunpoint in Ethiopia while passing through a security checkpoint in the aftermath of the overthrow of Haile Selassie.

Nelson Saiers' family relocated to Swaziland and Ghana before eventually moving to Virginia.

At Deutsche Bank, Nelson Saiers was a Managing Director and ran a proprietary trading business focused on derivatives.

In July 2010, Nelson Saiers left Deutsche Bank to join Alphabet Management, a New York hedge fund specializing in derivatives.

Nelson Saiers was promoted to Chief Investment Officer in March 2011.

Nelson Saiers' art has been featured in solo shows at Harvard University's Leverett House, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, and multiple New York City galleries.

Nelson Saiers installed a 9-foot inflatable rat covered with bitcoin references and code in front of the Federal Reserve as a homage to Satoshi Nakamoto and protests in New York City.

In late 2021 Nelson Saiers commented on the Federal Reserve's "cheap money" monetary policy by installing a sculpture next to the Wall Street Charging Bull.

From July 2016 to February 2017, Nelson Saiers exhibited a large scale installation at Alcatraz titled "Shortening: Making the Irrational Rational".

In October 2013, during the graffiti artist Banksy's month-long New York project "Better Out Than In", Nelson Saiers made a public offer to donate $100,000 to the Hurricane Sandy rebuilding effort if Banksy created a legal mural in New York to raise awareness for people still affected by the storm.

Nelson Saiers is affiliated with charity: water, which attempts to provide clean water to those in developing countries.

Nelson Saiers is a Founding Member of The Well, a core group of donors who support charity: water.