GURU – James “Jim” Simons

https://www.forbes.com/profile/james-simons/

“For more than two decades, Simons' Renaissance Technologies' hedge funds, which trade in markets
around the world, have employed mathematical models to analyze and execute trades, many
automated. Renaissance uses computer-based models to predict price changes in financial instruments.
These models are based on analyzing as much data as can be gathered, then looking for non-random
movements to make predictions . . . In 2006, Simons was named Financial Engineer of the Year by the
International Association of Financial Engineers. In 2007, he was estimated to have personally earned
$2.8 billion,[20] $1.7 billion in 2006,[21] $1.5 billion in 2005,[22] (the largest compensation among
hedge fund managers that year)[23] and $670 million in 2004.”