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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_SimonsJim Simons - Wikipedia

    James Harris Simons (April 25, 1938 – May 10, 2024) was an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist. At the time of his death, Simons's net worth was estimated to be $31.4 billion, making him the 51st-richest person in the world.

  2. www.nytimes.com › 2024/05/10 › businessJim Simons, Math Genius Who Conquered Wall Street, Dies at 86

    May 10, 2024 · Jim Simons, the prizewinning mathematician who abandoned a stellar academic career, then plunged into finance — a world he knew nothing about — and became one of the most successful Wall Street...

  3. www.reuters.com › world › usBillionaire quant investing pioneer and philanthropist James...

    May 13, 2024 · Billionaire investor James Simons, the mathematician and Cold War code-breaker who founded one of the world's most prominent and profitable hedge funds, Renaissance Technologies,...

  4. www.cnn.com › 2024/05/10 › businessJim Simons, billionaire hedge fund founder, dies at 86 - CNN

    May 10, 2024 · Jim Simons, the billionaire investor, mathematician and philanthropist, died on Friday in New York City, according to his foundation, the Simons Foundation. Simons was 86 years old.

  5. www.youtube.com › watchJim Simons: A Short Story of My Life and Mathematics (2022)

    Sep 26, 2022 · Watch mathematician, hedge fund manager and philanthropist Jim Simons give a short story of his life and mathematics. This talk was held at an event during the 2022 Abel Prize week, where...

  6. www.investopedia.com › articles › investingWho Is Jim Simons? What Is Quantitative Analysis? - Investopedia

    Jun 16, 2024 · Jim Simons is a renowned mathematician and investor. Known as the "Quant King," he incorporated the use of quantitative analysis into his investment strategy. Simons is the founder of...

  7. www.ted.com › talks › jim_simons_the_mathematician_who_crackedJim Simons: The mathematician who cracked Wall Street | TED Talk

    Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he's working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED's Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers.