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    James Harris Simons (April 25, 1938 – May 10, 2024) was an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist. [4] At the time of his death, Simons' net worth was estimated to be $31.4 billion, making him the 51st-richest person in the world. [4]

  2. May 10, 2024 · Simons, the founder of the hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, helped to pioneer quantitative investing, a market strategy that relies on mathematical and statistical models to identify...

  3. May 10, 2024 · Jim Simons was the co-founder and chair emeritus of the Simons Foundation, a philanthropic organization that supports math and science research and education. He was also a renowned mathematician and a quantitative investing pioneer who founded Renaissance Technologies.

  4. May 10, 2024 · 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...

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  5. May 10, 2024 · Jim Simons, the mathematician-investor who created what many in finance consider the world’s greatest moneymaking machine at his secretive firm, Renaissance Technologies, has died. He was...

  6. May 10, 2024 · Jim Simons, a mathematician who founded Renaissance Technologies, the most successful quantitative hedge fund of all time, passed away on Friday. He left behind a track record of eye-popping returns, a breakthrough in codebreaking and a philanthropic legacy in math and science.

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  8. May 10, 2024 · Jim Simons, a math professor turned hedge fund founder who pioneered investing with automated quantitative models and used his riches to become one of America’s leading philanthropists, died...