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Jim Simons

1938 - 2024

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James Harris Simons (April 25, 1938 – May 10, 2024) was an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist. At the time of his death, Simons's net worth was estimated to be $31.4 billion, making him the 55th-richest person in the world. He was the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a quantitative hedge fund based in East Setauket, New York. He and his fund are known to be quantitative investors, using mathematical models and algorithms to make investment gains from market inefficiencies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jim Simons is the 92nd most popular mathematician (up from 438th in 2019), the 613th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,526th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Mathematician.

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Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Jim Simons ranks 92 out of 1,004. Before him are Herbert A. Hauptman, Alexander Grothendieck, John Couch Adams, Thomas Harriot, Stefan Banach, and Christian Goldbach. After him are Leopold Kronecker, Frank P. Ramsey, Joan Clarke, L. E. J. Brouwer, Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, and Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Jim Simons ranks 31. Before him are Tomas Lindahl, Giuliano Gemma, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Paul Verhoeven, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Mireille Darc. After him are Heinz Fischer, Frederick Forsyth, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Kurt Wüthrich, Natalie Wood, and Rod Laver. Among people deceased in 2024, Jim Simons ranks 30. Before him are Louis Gossett Jr., Arnold Rüütel, Sven-Göran Eriksson, Paul Alexander, Thomas P. Stafford, and Roger Guillemin. After him are Leon Cooper, Herbert Kroemer, Dési Bouterse, Alice Munro, Olivia Hussey, and James Earl Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Simons ranks 613 out of 20,380. Before him are George Armstrong Custer (1839), Jared Leto (1971), Louise Glück (1943), George Westinghouse (1846), J. Edgar Hoover (1895), and Nick Nolte (1941). After him are Howard Gardner (1943), Warren Beatty (1937), Michael Porter (1947), John Kerry (1943), Jerry Lewis (1926), and Leon Cooper (1930).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In United States

Among mathematicians born in United States, Jim Simons ranks 6. Before him are John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Norbert Wiener (1894), Katherine Johnson (1918), and Herbert A. Hauptman (1917). After him are Claude Shannon (1916), Paul Cohen (1934), John Tate (1925), Mary Jackson (1921), Edward Norton Lorenz (1917), and Alonzo Church (1903).

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