Jim Simons

Jim Simons was an American mathematician and hedge fund manager born in 1938 and identified in the data as deceased in 2024 Wikidata. He built his wealth through quantitative investing and is listed with an estimated net worth of ~$20.9B Wikidata. He also signed The Giving Pledge Giving Pledge.

Business & SEC Activity

The data identifies Simons as a hedge fund manager and mathematician, which points to his role in quantitative finance Wikidata. Recent news coverage references Renaissance lowering a stake in Alphabet and other trading activity tied to his firm, indicating ongoing portfolio moves by Renaissance NewsAPI.

Philanthropy

Simons is associated with three foundations that reported a combined $4.81B in assets and $506.8M in grants paid in 2023 ProPublica 990. The largest is the Simons Foundation Inc., which reported $4.59B in assets and $497.9M in grants paid; the Nick Simons Foundation reported $219.4M in assets and $8.8M in grants paid; the Simons Family Foundation reported $957.8K in assets and $144.8K in grants paid ProPublica 990.

Political Activity

FEC records show 100 contributions totaling $3,011.40 from 2024-10-11 to 2025-12-31 FEC. The largest recipients were ACTBLUE, Harris for President, WinRed, Friends of Mark Warner, and Trump National Committee JFC, Inc., and the party breakdown shows $1,025 to Democrats, $126.92 to Republicans, and $1,859.48 to PAC/Other FEC.

In the News

Recent headlines mention Renaissance reducing a stake by about $700M in Alphabet and other articles about large fund-manager stock moves NewsAPI. The available news set also includes general market and finance coverage, but no validated GDELT articles were returned for this profile NewsAPIGDELT.