Profil Financier
David Shaw occupe actuellement le rang #331 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur finance & investissement). Fortune nette estimée : $10.8 B (+$114 sur 24h).
A former computer science professor at Columbia University, David Shaw is the founder of D.E. Shaw, which manages over $100 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 hedge fund Two Sigma's cofounder John Overdeck.
Shaw is now chief scientist at D.E. Shaw Research, a computational biochemistry research firm.