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Ah, now I understand. For others: Simons Foundations --> James Simons, who is a hedge fund mananger worth ~ $14billion. Excellent interview with Numberphile h
by xviia 10y ago
Ah, now I understand. For others:
Simons Foundations --> James Simons, who is a hedge fund mananger worth ~ $14billion.
Excellent interview with Numberphile here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0
- antognini 10y agoIn addition, James Simons was a mathematician prior to his work in the finance industry, hence his partiality toward funding a magazine that often writes about pure mathematics.
- bradleyjg 10y agoI believe he is now back at Stony Brook in the mathematics department. Not full time, he has a lot going on, but some kind of affiliation.
- xviia 10y agoI bet being an academic is a lot better when you don't have to worry about being a post-doc searching for a faculty position :/
- tikhonj 10y agoTo be fair, he was a successful researcher who became professor and later chair of the Mathematics department at Stony Brook before starting Renaissance, so he got past all that the normal way.