Jim Simons, a mathematician and founder of hedge fund firm Renaissance Technologies who pioneered computer-based approaches to quantitative trading, dies at 86
Jim Simons just died. Simons was an award-winning mathematician … Thomas Sumner / Simons Foundation : Remembering the Life and Careers of Jim Simons Jonathan Kandell / New York Ti...
Going Infinite excerpt: how effective altruism pushed Caroline Ellison to Alameda, which would lose its management team and half its employees in 2018, and more
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A deep dive into Yuri Milner's DST Global, which has a proven ability to correctly call internet trends and has successfully caught multiple technological waves
DST has one of the craziest track records of all time. Somehow, it still slips under the radar. — In collaboration with Kalshi... Tweets: @mariogabriele , @rsarver , and @neckar...
Profile of Luminar's Austin Russell, one of the first billionaires to emerge from the autonomous vehicle world after Luminar went public via a SPAC on Thursday
And Youngest—Self-Made Billionaire: Luminar's Austin Russell via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/... Jo Luehmann / @joluehmann : CAN WE PLEASE STOP USING “SELF MADE BILLIONAIRE”? Th...
Orthodox Jews from a community in Brooklyn, many of whom lack formal degrees, are making millions from selling on Amazon, balancing traditions and modernity
A community of Orthodox Jews prospers by selling products on Amazon — and keeping one foot in modernity and one foot out. Tweets: @buzzfeednews , @amazonnews , @neckarvalue , @leti...