Jim Simons

James Harris Simons is an American mathematician, billionaire hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is known as a quantitative investor and in 1982 founded Renaissance Technologies, a private hedge fund based in Setauket-East Setauket, New York.

  • Jim Simons is the founder of Renaissance Technologies, an esteemed quantitative trading hedge fund firm that manages $68 billion.
  • He founded Renaissance Technologies in 1982 and retired in 2010, but he still plays a role at Renaissance and benefits from its funds.
  • Renaissance Technologies is famous for its Medallion Fund, a $10 billion black-box strategy that is only open to Renaissance’s owners and employees.
  • Simons has given $2.7 billion to philanthropic causes. His foundation is the primary funder of Math For America. He also supports autism research.
  • Simons used to chair the math department at Stony Brook University and was a codebreaker for the U.S. during the Vietnam War.

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