James Harris Simons was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He showed an affinity for math and numbers early on and went on to earn an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts ...

Jim Simons, a mathematician who became one of the most successful investors in modern financial history, has died at age 86.

"Jim Simons spots patterns ... These techniques, now called "machine learning", quickly became widespread. Born in 1938 in Boston, the son of a shoe-factory owner, Simons knew as a boy that ...

(Bloomberg) --A family office founded by Jim Simons’s son-in-law has registered as an investment adviser with more than $3 billion of gross assets. Mark Heising runs Medley Partners for ...