James Harris "Jim" Simons (born 1938) is an American mathematician, academic, trader, and philanthropist.
In 1982, Simons founded Renaissance Technologies Corporation, a private investment firm based in New York with over $15 billion under management; Simons is still at the helm, as CEO, of what is now one of the world's most successful hedge funds. Simons earned an estimated $2.5 billion in 2008, $2.8 billion in 2007, $1.7 billion in 2006, $1.5 ...
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James Harris "Jim" Simons (born 1938) is an American mathematician, academic, trader, and philanthropist.
In 1982, Simons founded Renaissance Technologies Corporation, a private investment firm based in New York with over $15 billion under management; Simons is still at the helm, as CEO, of what is now one of the world's most successful hedge funds. Simons earned an estimated $2.5 billion in 2008, $2.8 billion in 2007, $1.7 billion in 2006, $1.5 billion in 2005, (the largest compensation among hedge fund managers that year) and $670 million in 2004. With an estimated current net worth of around $8.5 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 55th-richest person in the world and 29th-richest person in America. He was named by the Financial Times in 2006 as the world's "smartest" billionaire.
Simons lives with his wife in Manhattan and Long Island, and is the father of three.
Simons shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, citing Benjamin the Donkey in Animal Farm for explanation: ...
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