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David Elliot Shaw (born March 29, 1951) is an American billionaire scientist and former hedge fund manager. He founded D. E. Shaw & Co., a hedge fund company which was once described by Fortune magazine as "the most intriguing and mysterious force on Wall Street".
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. is a multinational investment management firm founded in 1988 by David E. Shaw and based in New York City. The company is known for developing complicated mathematical models and computer programs to exploit anomalies in financial markets.
The vast majority of his time is now devoted to his role as chief scientist of D. E. Shaw Research,LLC, in which capacity he leads an interdisciplinary research group in the field of computational biochemistry and personally engages in hands-on scientific research in that field.
Jan 18, 2018 · D.E. Shaw, the First Great Quant Hedge Fund. How a Misfit Group of Computer Geeks and English Majors Transformed Wall Street. In the 1980s, a quiet hedge fund located above a Marxist...
3 days ago · A former computer science professor at Columbia University, David Shaw is the founder of D.E. Shaw, which manages over $60 billion in assets. Known for its use of sophisticated mathematical...
3 days ago · David E. Shaw is founder of quantitative hedge fund D.E. Shaw. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of California, San Diego, and his doctorate from Stanford...
Mar 26, 2024 · David Elliot Shaw, a trailblazer in quantitative investing, utilizes sophisticated mathematical models and algorithms at DE Shaw & Co to inform trading decisions swiftly, focusing on...
David E. Shaw, Chief Scientist, D.E. Shaw Research, always believed that he would work as a scientific researcher; he never imagined the unexpected detour he would take into the world of finance, as a pioneer in quantitative trading.
Oct 1, 2009 · David Shaw considers himself first and foremost a computer scientist. It’s a fact that’s sometimes overshadowed by the activities of his two highly successful, yet very different, ventures: the hedge fund D. E. Shaw & Co., which he founded 20 years ago, and the research lab D. E. Shaw Research, where he now conducts hands-on research in the ...
Mar 26, 2019 · In the early days, the embryonic hedge fund founded by David Shaw, a former computer science professor at Columbia University, was a ramshackle start-up. Exposed pipes and extension cords meant...
