Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "James Harris \"Jim\" Simons (born 1938) is an American mathematician, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is a code breaker and studies pattern recognition. Simons is the co-inventor, with Shiing-Shen Chern, of the Chern–Simons form - Chern and Simons (1974), one of the most important parts of string theory.Simons was a professor of mathematics at Stony Brook University and was also the former chair of the Mathematics Department at Stony Brook.In 1982, Simons founded Renaissance Technologies, a private hedge fund investment company based in New York with over $25 billion under management. Simons retired at the end of 2009 as CEO of one of the world's most successful hedge fund companies. Simons' net worth is estimated to be $14 billion.Simons lives with his wife Marilyn H. Simons in Manhattan and Long Island, and is the father of five children; two of his children died young under tragic circumstances—a drowning and an auto crash.Simons shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, citing Benjamin the Donkey in Animal Farm for explanation: \"God gave me a tail to keep off the flies. But I'd rather have had no tail and no flies.\" On October 10, 2009, Simons announced he would retire on January 1, 2010 but remain at Renaissance as nonexecutive chairman."@en }
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- James_Harris_Simons abstract "James Harris \"Jim\" Simons (born 1938) is an American mathematician, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. He is a code breaker and studies pattern recognition. Simons is the co-inventor, with Shiing-Shen Chern, of the Chern–Simons form - Chern and Simons (1974), one of the most important parts of string theory.Simons was a professor of mathematics at Stony Brook University and was also the former chair of the Mathematics Department at Stony Brook.In 1982, Simons founded Renaissance Technologies, a private hedge fund investment company based in New York with over $25 billion under management. Simons retired at the end of 2009 as CEO of one of the world's most successful hedge fund companies. Simons' net worth is estimated to be $14 billion.Simons lives with his wife Marilyn H. Simons in Manhattan and Long Island, and is the father of five children; two of his children died young under tragic circumstances—a drowning and an auto crash.Simons shuns the limelight and rarely gives interviews, citing Benjamin the Donkey in Animal Farm for explanation: \"God gave me a tail to keep off the flies. But I'd rather have had no tail and no flies.\" On October 10, 2009, Simons announced he would retire on January 1, 2010 but remain at Renaissance as nonexecutive chairman.".