Horacio Ortiz is a researcher at the Centre de Sociologie de l’Innovation, Mines ParisTech, Paris. After graduating from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po Paris), he received a M.A. degree in philosophy at the New School for Social Research (New York), a PhD in social anthropology at the École de hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS, Paris) and obtained the diploma of “Certified International Investment Analyst” (CIIA).