James H. Simons

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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkb:University_of_California,_Berkeley
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Oswald_Veblen_Prize_in_Geometry
Math for America award
gptkbp:birthDate 1938-04-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Newton,_Massachusetts,_USA
gptkbp:boardMemberOf gptkb:Brookhaven_National_Laboratory
gptkb:Institute_for_Advanced_Study
gptkb:Mathematical_Sciences_Research_Institute
gptkbp:children gptkb:Audrey_Simons
gptkb:Nathaniel_Simons
gptkb:Paul_Simons
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Bertram_Kostant
gptkbp:doctoralStudent gptkb:Shing-Tung_Yau
gptkb:Jeff_Cheeger
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Stony_Brook_University
gptkb:Renaissance_Technologies
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
finance
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gptkb:Simons_Foundation
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:James_Harris_Simons
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James H. Simons
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Simons_Foundation
founder of Renaissance Technologies
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:Institute_for_Defense_Analyses
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:netWorth over $20 billion
gptkbp:notablePublication Minimal varieties in Riemannian manifolds
Characteristic forms and geometric invariants (with S.-S. Chern)
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Shing-Tung_Yau
gptkb:Jeff_Cheeger
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Chern–Simons_form
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:hedge_fund
gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:philanthropist
gptkbp:philanthropy gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:science
education
autism research
gptkbp:positionHeld chairman of Renaissance Technologies
chairman of Simons Foundation
gptkbp:residence gptkb:East_Setauket,_New_York,_USA
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marilyn_Simons
gptkbp:thesisTitle On the transitivity of holonomy systems
gptkbp:thesisYear 1961
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jane_Boon
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6