David Harding

David Harding founded his hedge fund firm, Winton Group, in 1997 with less than $2 million. The London-based company, whose moniker is taken from Harding's middle name, now manages over $20 billion and employs some 300 people.A theoretical physics grad at Cambridge University, Harding backs investing with a scientific approach and using quantitative models to pick stocks.Harding previously cofounded Adam, Harding and Leuck (AHL), a managed futures firm that he and his partners sold to The Man Group in 1994.His David and Claudia Harding Foundation is known for donating to academic research and scientific causes.