A life in 5 parts: Math, Codes, Hunting Talent, Stocks & Science | Jim Simons on The Origins Podcast
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Published 2021-10-27
James Harris Simons is an American mathematician, billionaire hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is 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. Due to the long-term aggregate investment returns of Renaissance and its Medallion Fund, Simons is described as the "greatest investor on Wall Street," and more specifically "the most successful hedge fund manager of all time."
As reported by Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Simons' net worth is estimated to be $25.2 billion, making him the 66th-richest person in the World
Simons is known for his studies on pattern recognition and for his more formal work in geometry, topology and differential forms. He developed the Chern–Simons form (with Shiing-Shen Chern), and contributed to the development of string theory by providing a theoretical framework to combine geometry and topology with quantum field theory.[8] In 1994, Simons founded the Simons Foundation with his wife to support researches in mathematics and fundamental sciences. He is one of the biggest donors to the University of California, Berkeley, establishing the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing in 2012, and to Berkeley's Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, where he serves as a member of the board of trustees.
In 2016, asteroid 6618 Jimsimons, discovered by Clyde Tombaugh in 1936, was named after Simons by the International Astronomical Union in honor of his contributions to mathematics and philanthropy.
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All Comments (21)
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Can’t imagine how difficult it is for Jim simons to be too intelligent, he always has to dumb himself down a little to be interesting for us common folks this guy is the real deal the smartest billionaire in the world no cap
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Jim Simons is a genius. It great to part of generation to see these legends walk amongst us.
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In total, this episode was really great, the questions were new, i wish you had let jim talk more about theblac box and medical community. He rarely encounters an intresting question like that
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I love listening to both of these 2 so at the same time, what more could you ask for!
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This is so enlightening and timely; Quantum Science, Quantum physics and neuroscience brings us closer to progress. Thank you for an awesome discussion Dr Jim Simons and Dr Lawrence Krauss.
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Superb!!!! ...... Millions thanks to Mr. Lawrence and Mr. Simons...Really enjoyable podcast...Thanks again and again...
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I really enjoyed that conversation. Thank you both for taking the time.
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Very good interview, Jim Simons is a legend. Thank you for this Lawrence,
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Boss move! Lighting up a cigarette and smoking in style with calm confidence! Legend!
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great interview, rare to see long interviews with Jim Simons
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Thank you both very much, great discussion.
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Wonderful window into the world of minds. Both Lawrence's and Jim's. Both are my fave kind of humans. Deep intellect and not pretentious loudmouths. I would be content to be the guy who makes their coffee and carries their bags. fyi.. I'm retired nuclear operations engineer, 40 yrs. Design, build, and operate nuclear power plants. For much of the time I wrote post TMI emergency operating procedures that took into account lessons learned from TMI.
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This man is brilliant, the knowledge that is needed to even understand what he says is insane, we’ve tried to break it down in our video, hopefully it will give you a better view of how you can learn and do exactly like Jim
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damn, you managed to get Jim Simons on before Lex did. Awesome discussion. Can't wait for Lex to do it as well! Or Sean Carroll or Weinstein, whichever.
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Thanks a lot - many great stuff indeed there. Very wise stuff really... Thank you!
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Lots of interesting discussion, thanks for the video
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Thanks Lawrence much appreciated thanks for sharing 👍👍🍷☕🍺
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Fun Fact. . . A typesetting machine manufacturer in the 1960s, “Photon”, based in the Boston area, had a facsimile Helvetica font named. . . Newton. . .
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Really enjoyable discussion, thanks.
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Listening to Jim Simons while I am coding my own algo 😊
