FYI, Jim Simons is a math PhD who runs one of the world's most successful hedge funds, that trades mostly algorithmically and as far as I know, mostly hires CS,

FYI, Jim Simons is a math PhD who runs one of the world's most successful hedge funds, that trades mostly algorithmically and as far as I know, mostly hires CS, math, and physics grads and not so much finance. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harris_Simons http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Harris_Simons for more info.