MA in Computer Science, University of Texas; MBA Finance and Entrepreneurship, Wharton School. Previously worked as a venture capitalist, Scientist at AT&T Bell Laboratories, video game programmer and author. Spent 12 years as Statistical Arbitrage Portfolio Manager, Millennium Management. 2007, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, WorldQuant, a global quantitative investment management firm with over $5 billion in assets under management and more than 25 offices in 15 countries. Founder, WorldQuant University, a not-for-profit that offers an instructor-guided, tuition-free MSc programme in financial engineering, and is committed to making higher-quality education more accessible worldwide. Also founded WorldQuant Ventures, a private investment vehicle focused on disruptive companies in technology.