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David E. Shaw

American computer scientist & hedge fund founder · United States · On the map · Born 1951 · age 75

David Elliot Shaw is an American billionaire, scientist, and founder of hedge fund D. E. Shaw & Co..

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2018Seymour Cray Computer Engineering AwardAward2014Gordon Bell PrizeAward2009Gordon Bell PrizeAward2007Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAward1951Born29 March 1951

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Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award2018

Gordon Bell Prize2014

Gordon Bell Prize2009

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2007

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A former assistant professor in the computer science department at Columbia University, Shaw earned his fortune exploiting inefficiencies in financial markets with the help of early Internet networks and quantitative trading strategies. In 2001, Shaw turned to full-time scientific research in biochemistry, focusing on the molecular dynamics of proteins, using computer simulations.

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Born 1951 · age 75