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Henry Laufer
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Hedge funds
- Industry
- Finance & Investments
- Residence
- Lake Worth, Florida
- Education
- City College of New York (Bachelor of Arts/Science)Princeton University (Doctorate)
- Marital Status
- Married
Biography
Laufer joined legendary quantitative hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, founded by Jim Simons, in 1992.
He was its chief scientist and vice president of research until retiring in 2009.
Laufer still has a stake in Renaissance, which now manages about $55 billion.
Prior to Renaissance, Laufer was a math professor at Stony Brook University for two decades.
Laufer and Simons worked together at Stony Brook where Simons was chairman of the Department of Mathematics.
About
Laufer and his wife Marsha gave nearly $1 million to Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.