How codebreaker James Simons cracked the mystery of creating alpha

With maths firmly at its core, ex-codebreaker James Simons set up one of the world's most successful hedge funds.

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James Simons hired only mathematicians and scientists

James Simons is an inquisitive man. He is "eager to explore what he calls the mysteries of the universe", says William Broad in The New York Times. This drive to investigate the world helped him become a highly successful hedge-fund manager and before that, a prize-winning mathematician.

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