Dr. David Shaw founded D.E. Shaw & Co. in 1988 with six employees and $28 million in capital. Shaw, who is no longer involved ...

The world’s largest hedge funds sustained their consistent track records in 2024, though most would have underperformed an investment in an S&P 500 index fund.

As multistrategy hedge funds continued their hot streak last year, D.E. Shaw rose to the top of the 2024 rankings of the best ...

The 59-year-old tech titan worked at a hedge fund before ... to leave D.E. Shaw — a stable and lucrative job — in 1994 to start what would become Amazon. His boss at the firm, David E.