Jim Simons (of Chern-Simons form). Lost his job as a head of a crypto lab for making comments critical of the Vietnam war to a local newspaper. Found another j

Jim Simons (of Chern-Simons form). Lost his job as a head of a crypto lab for making comments critical of the Vietnam war to a local newspaper. Found another job, made strong contributions to geometry, and left mathematics altogether to make money. Now runs a hedge fund, makes billions. Sure, one can say that it's "related" to mathematics, but not from a standpoint of a pure mathematician. If he were a musician, he'd be closer to mathematics.