Renaissance Technologies

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:hedge_fund
private investment management company
gptkbp:AUM over $130 billion (as of 2023)
gptkbp:businessModel private
gptkbp:CEO gptkb:Peter_Brown
gptkb:Robert_Mercer
gptkbp:city gptkb:Setauket
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:foundedYear 1982
gptkbp:founder gptkb:James_Simons
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:East_Setauket,_New_York,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Renaissance Technologies
gptkbp:industry finance
investment management
gptkbp:knownFor quantitative trading
use of mathematical models
gptkbp:legalIssue tax dispute with IRS
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Elwyn_Berlekamp
gptkb:Peter_Brown
gptkb:Gregory_Zuckerman
gptkb:Henry_Laufer
gptkb:James_Ax
gptkb:Nick_Patterson
gptkb:Robert_Mercer
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Robert_Mercer_resignation_(2017)
James Simons retirement (2009)
Medallion Fund closed to outside investors
gptkbp:notableFor employing scientists and mathematicians
exceptional returns of Medallion Fund
high secrecy
highest fees in hedge fund industry
low employee turnover
secretive operations
gptkbp:notableInvestment gptkb:Medallion_Fund
gptkb:Renaissance_Institutional_Diversified_Alpha_(RIDA)
gptkb:Renaissance_Institutional_Equities_Fund_(RIEF)
gptkbp:notablePublication The Man Who Solved the Market (by Gregory Zuckerman)
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees ~300 (as of 2023)
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Renaissance_Holdings
gptkbp:philanthropy gptkb:Simons_Foundation
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:U.S._Securities_and_Exchange_Commission
gptkbp:state gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:stockExchange not publicly traded
gptkbp:tradingStrategy statistical arbitrage
algorithmic trading
gptkbp:website https://www.rentec.com/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_Harris_Simons
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4