Here's an example of just how successful Simons has been: His hedge fund's signature product, Medallion Fund, returned a staggering 62% annual returns between 1988 and 2021, or 37% net of fees. To put ...

The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded an 18-month, $500,000 research and development grant to the Mary E. Walsh Center for Thriving Children to advance early math learning for children and ...

Simons’ passing was announced by his scientific research organization, the Simons Foundation, which did not share the cause of death and noted the investor is survived by his wife and three children.

Hedge fund billionaire Jim Simons made one of the largest gifts in the history of higher education Thursday, gifting $500 million to Stony Brook, the Long Island institution where he once taught math.

James Harris Simons was born in Newton, Massachusetts. He showed an affinity for math and numbers early on and went on to earn an undergraduate degree in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute ...