David Shaw
$8.8B
Born
Mar 29, 1951
Age
74
Source of Wealth
Hedge funds
Residence
New York, New York
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
3
Education
Doctorate, Stanford University; Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, San Diego
- A former computer science professor at Columbia University, David Shaw is the founder of D.E. Shaw, which manages over $70 billion in assets.
- Shaw founded the quantitative hedge fund, known for its use of sophisticated mathematical modeling and algorithms, in 1988.
- In 2002, Shaw created an executive committee to oversee the company, and has since stepped away from its day-to-day operations.
- Several former execs have started their own successful businesses, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Two Sigma hedge fund's John Overdeck.
- Shaw is now chief scientist at D.E. Shaw Research, a computational biochemistry research firm.
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