5 Most Famous Investment Gurus of All Time

4. Jim Simons

Billionaire Jim Simons is the founder of what is arguably the leading quantitative fund in the world, Renaissance Technologies which routinely buys and sells thousands of stocks each quarter based on sophisticated computer algorithms. Given that Renaissance Technologies has become gigantic over time, the fund’s performance has lagged the market in some time periods in recent years. Nevertheless, Renaissance Technologies’ flagship fund that’s employee only, Medallion Fund, is still a top fund. Jim Simons is also one of the wealthiest men in the world with a net worth of $28.1 billion according to Forbes.

Renaissance Technologies biggest 13F equity position at the end of the third quarter was Novo Nordisk A/S (NYSE:NVO) in which the fund held 15.31 million shares.