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The Man Who Solved the Market

Gregory Zuckerman

How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

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The Man Who Solved the Market (2019) traces the life of enigmatic hedge fund manager and mathematician Jim Simons. It chronicles his early life as a brilliant geometer who won awards for his math, to his work breaking Soviet codes, all the way through to his success with his hedge fund management firm Renaissance Technologies. Far more than just another investor, Simons changed the world with his math and methods.

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Gregory Zuckerman is a Special Writer at The Wall Street Journal. He’s a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb award, which is the highest honor in business journalism. As well as The Man Who Solved The Market, he is the author of The Frackers and The Greatest Trade Ever.