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- NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award The unbelievable story of a secretive mathematician who pioneered the era of the algorithm-and made $23 billion doing it.
- About the Author: Gregory Zuckerman is the author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, and is a Special Writer at the Wall Street Journal.
- 384 Pages
- Business + Money Management, Finance
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About the Book
Bestselling author and veteran Wall Street Journal reporter Zuckerman answers the question investors have been asking for decades: How did Jim Simons do it? Simons is the greatest money maker in modern financial history. His track record bests those of legendary investors including Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, and George Soros..Book Synopsis
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERShortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
The unbelievable story of a secretive mathematician who pioneered the era of the algorithm-and made $23 billion doing it. The greatest money maker in modern financial history, no other investor-Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros-has touched Jim Simons' record. Since 1988, Renaissance's signature Medallion fund has generated average annual returns of 66 percent. The firm has earned profits of more than $100 billion, and upon his passing, Simons left a legacy of investors who use his mathematical, computer-oriented approach to trading and building wealth. Drawing on unprecedented access to Simons and dozens of current and former employees, Zuckerman, a veteran Wall Street Journal investigative reporter, tells the gripping story of how a world-class mathematician and former code breaker mastered the market. Simons pioneered a data-driven, algorithmic approach that's swept the world. As Renaissance became a market force, its executives began influencing the world beyond finance. Simons became a major figure in scientific research, education, and liberal politics. Senior executive Robert Mercer is more responsible than anyone else for the Trump presidency, placing Steve Bannon in the campaign and funding Trump's victorious 2016 effort. Mercer also impacted the campaign behind Brexit. The Man Who Solved the Market is a portrait of a modern-day Midas who remade markets in his own image, but failed to anticipate how his success would impact his firm and his country. It's also a story of what Simons's revolution will mean for the rest of us long after his death in 2024.
Review Quotes
"Captivating." --New York Times "A compelling read." --The Economist "Reads like a delicious page-turning novel." --Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg "One of the most important stories of our time." --Financial Times "Zuckerman brings the reader so close to the firm's inner workings that you can almost catch a whiff of the billionaire's Merit cigarette." --Brandon Kochkodin, Bloomberg "A gripping biography of investment game changer Jim Simons... readers looking to understand how the economy got where it is should eat this up." --Publishers Weekly "Worthwhile reading for budding plutocrats and numerate investors alike." --Kirkus "Immensely enjoyable." --Edward O. Thorp, author of A Man for All Markets "An extremely well-written and engaging book . . . a must read, and a fun one at that." --Mohamed A. El-Erian, author of The Only Game in Town
"Leave it to the Wall Street Journal's Greg Zuckerman to lay open the golden mysteries of quantitative investing. With this fine, humane, and eye-opening book, he's well and truly broken the code." --James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer "Page-turning tale...bravura storytelling." --Gary Shteyngart, author of Lake Success
About the Author
Gregory Zuckerman is the author of The Greatest Trade Ever and The Frackers, and is a Special Writer at the Wall Street Journal. At the Journal, Zuckerman writes about financial firms, personalities and trades, as well as hedge funds and other investing and business topics. He's a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb award, the highest honor in business journalism. Zuckerman also appears regularly on CNBC, Fox Business and other networks and radio stations around the globe.Dimensions (Overall): 9.1 Inches (H) x 6.4 Inches (W) x 1.4 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.3 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: Business + Money Management
Sub-Genre: Finance
Publisher: Portfolio
Theme: General
Format: Hardcover
Author: Gregory Zuckerman
Language: English
Street Date: November 5, 2019
TCIN: 76985955
UPC: 9780735217980
Item Number (DPCI): 247-10-6050
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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