Portrait of John Overdeck

Rank #458

John Overdeck

Net worth $8.0B

Hedge funds · United States

Born
Dec 21, 1969
Age
56
Source
Hedge funds
Residence
Millburn, New Jersey
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Separated
Children
3
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Stanford University; Master of Science, Stanford University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • John Overdeck is the cofounder of Two Sigma, a quantitative investing powerhouse with $60 billion in assets under management.
  • Two Sigma's largest business is a data-driven hedge fund that absorbs large amounts of information to predict the prices of securities.
  • Overdeck and David Siegel, also a billionaire, transitioned from co-CEOs to co-chairmen of the firm in 2024, but Overdeck returned to its management committee in 2025.
  • Overdeck has given over $450 million through his family's charitable foundation, which supports education, and he chairs Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study.
  • Overdeck was a math prodigy who won a silver medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad at age 16.