Jim credited Marilyn with being the initial driving force behind the Simons Foundation, which they founded in 1994. “I just made the money and Marilyn gave it away,” he quipped on stage.

Jim Simons dead at 86: Billionaire math genius passes away at Manhattan home. He was known as a genius mathematician and one of the world's richest men ...

Jim Simons was a promising young golfer who almost won the U.S. Open as an amateur. ... that was a burger at McDonald's and dinner on the way home from Henny Penny chicken." ...

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The billionaire philanthropist and math genius investor Jim Simons died Friday in his home in Manhattan. He was 86. Simons succeeded at — and in many ways, invented — “quant” trading, which applies ...

James Harris Simons was born on April 25, 1938, in Cambridge, Mass., the only child of Matthew Simons, the general manager of a shoe factory, and Marcia (Kantor) Simons, who managed the home.

Jim Simons is a renowned mathematician and investor. Known as the "Quant King," he is the founder of Renaissance Technologies and the Medallion Fund.