American scientist, billionaire, and former hedge fund manager.
Founder of D.E. Shaw & Co, a hedge fund company described by *Fortune magazine as "the most mysterious and intriguing force of Wall Street."
David Shaw made his fortune exploiting inefficiencies in financial markets with the help of state-of-the-art high speed computer networks. He earned the name "King Quant" because of his firm’s pioneering role in high-speed quantitative trading.
January 30, 2021 Finance