Jim simon

Jim Simons is an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist. He is the founder of Renaissance Technologies, an esteemed quantitative trading hedge fund firm that manages about $50 billion.

Simons spent 12 full years searching for a successful investing formula, without much success until he and Berlekamp built a computer model capable of digesting vast amounts of financial data and identifying profitable trading opportunities.

In addition to his success in the financial industry, Simons is also a distinguished professor in the Department of Plant Biology and serves as the Director of the New Use Agriculture and Natural Plant Products Program Office.