“The Man Who Solved The Market; How Jim Simons Launched The Quant Revolution” by Gregory Zuckerman
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Shortlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
Widely known as the man who cracked the ‘Wall Street,’ Jim Simons made a huge fortune on Wall Street. Aided with his ragtag group of mathematicians, big data experts, and financial wizards, he rewrote the rule book by simply breaking the rules. Hardly a few investors like Warren Buffet can match his accomplishments. This book “The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution” is a must-read one for everyone. The Wall Street Journal Special Writer Gregory Zuckerman gives the blow-by-blow account how Jim Simons decoded the ‘Wall Street’ and made a huge fortune for himself and his co-workers.
Reviews
“Captivating.” —New York Times
“A compelling read.” —The Economist
“Reads like a delicious page-turning novel.” —Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg
“One of the most important stories of our time.” —Financial Times
“Zuckerman brings the reader so close to the firm’s inner workings that you can almost catch a whiff of the billionaire’s Merit cigarette.” —Brandon Kochkodin, Bloomberg
“A gripping biography of investment game changer Jim Simons… readers looking to understand how the economy got where it is should eat this up.” —Publishers Weekly
"Worthwhile reading for budding plutocrats and numerate investors alike." —Kirkus
“Immensely enjoyable.” —Edward O. Thorp, author of A Man for All Markets
“An extremely well-written and engaging book . . . a must read, and a fun one at that.” —Mohamed A. El-Erian, author of The Only Game in Town
“Leave it to the Wall Street Journal’s Greg Zuckerman to lay open the golden mysteries of quantitative investing. With this fine, humane, and eye-opening book, he’s well and truly broken the code.” —James Grant, Grant’s Interest Rate Observer
"Page-turning tale…bravura storytelling." —Gary Shteyngart, author of Lake Success
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