제임스 해리스 사이먼스

소개

제임스 해리스 사이먼스(영어: James Harris Simons, 1938년 4월 25일~2024년 5월 10일)은 미국의 수학자이자 자산관리 전문가이다. 중국의 유명한 수학자인 천싱선과 함께 미분기하학에서 중요한 천-사이먼스 형식을 발견하였다.

James Harris Simons was an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist. At the time of his death, Simons's net worth was estimated to be $31.4 billion, making him the 55th-richest person in the world. He was the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a quantitative hedge fund based in East Setauket, New York. He and his fund are known to be quantitative investors, using mathematical models and algorithms to make investment gains from market inefficiencies. Due to the long-term aggregate investment returns of Renaissance and its Medallion Fund, Simons was called the "greatest investor on Wall Street" and more specifically "the most successful hedge fund manager of all time".