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Name

David Shaw

Primary Residence

New York, New York

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of California, San Diego | Doctorate, Stanford University

Citizenship

United States

Affiliated Companies

D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.

Forbes Self Made Score

Source Of Wealth

hedge funds, Self Made

Net Worth

$7,000,000,000

Forbes Profile

https://www.forbes.com/profile/david-shaw

Forbes 2019 Billionaires List Rank:

209

Forbes Philanthropy Score

Forbes List Rank One: Title

#7 The Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers 2019

Forbes List Rank One: Link

https://www.forbes.com/hedge-fund-managers/

Forbes List Rank Two: Title

#209 Billionaires 2019

Forbes List Rank Two: Link

https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

Forbes List Rank Three: Link

https://www.forbes.com/forbes-400/

Summary

A former computer science professor at Columbia University, David Shaw is the founder of D.E. Shaw, which manages over $50 billion in assets.Known for its use of sophisticated mathematical modeling and algorithms, the quantitative hedge fund firm was founded 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 enormous businesses, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Two Sigma billionaire John Overdeck. Shaw is now chief scientist at D.E. Shaw Research, a computational biochemistry research firm.

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Number of Children

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Shaw