Probably Edward Thorp is the "Father" of quantitative research.Since the late 1960s, Thorp has used his knowledge of probability and statistics in the stock mar

Probably Edward Thorp is the "Father" of quantitative research.Since the late 1960s, Thorp has used his knowledge of probability and statistics in the stock market by discovering and exploiting a number of pricing anomalies in the securities markets, and he has made a significant fortune [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._Thorp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_O._Thorp