Dr. David Shaw founded D.E. Shaw & Co. in 1988 with six employees and $28 million in capital. Shaw, who is no longer involved in the investment firm’s day-to-day operations but participates in ...

Its founder David Shaw has been called the “King of Quants.” The billionaire investor dumped 40% of the holdings it had in Nvidia ( NVDA ) stock and put it to work in a number of other companies.

David Shaw, left, and Bernard Muir, Stanford’s director of athletics, speak about Shaw’s resignation as the university’s director of football during a press conference at Stanford University ...

While using computers and algorithms is commonplace on Wall Street today, David Shaw was an early pioneer who became known as the "King of Quants" for using them to master high-speed quantitative ...