Jim Simons pioneered a revolution in financial trading, embracing a computer-oriented, quantitative style in the 1980s well ahead of Wall Street. Following Simons’ recent death, WSJ’s Gregory Zuckerman unpacks his legacy from financial algorithms to philanthropy. Further Reading: -How Did Jim Simons’s Firm Make $100 Billion? He Told His Secrets to Our Reporter -Jim Simons, a Pioneer of Quantitative Trading, Dies at 86 -The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution Further Listening: -Charlie Munger: Curmudgeon, Sage and Investing Legend -Rise and Revolt at Renaissance, Part 1 -Rise and Revolt at Renaissance, Part 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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