Notes from https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/jim-simons-a-pioneer-of-quantitative-trading-dies-6621d66e?mod=hp_lead_pos7
Jim Simons
His Chern-Simons theory remains one of the most widely cited math papers of the past century.
He developed stomach pains and berated himself for miscues.
“Fundamental trading gave me ulcers.”
In 2010 he resigned as Renaissance’s chief executive, yielding the job to longtime employee and former IBM computer scientist Peter Brown.
He retired as chairman in 2021.
cornering the market for Maine potatoes
Elwyn Berlekamp, who helped lead the firm in the 1980s
GOAT - greatest of all time
quant firms manage about 1/3rd of all money that is managed