On Wall Street, fortunes are usually told through handshakes, boardroom charm, and access to corner offices. The story behind ...

James Harris (‘Jim’) Simons, the mathematician and billionaire philanthropist who set up a foundation to improve Nepal’s healthcare system, died in New York on 10 May, aged 86. Jim Simons was an award ...

Lee Fang is an investigative reporter at leefang.com. Jim Simons’ mathematical skills helped transform him from a prize-winning academic at Harvard and MIT into a legendary financier whose algorithmic ...