Investor and financial figure profile
David Shaw
Founder of D. E. Shaw, associated with quantitative investing.
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About David Shaw
Shaw earned a Stanford PhD in 1980 and taught computer science at Columbia before leaving in 1986 to pursue computational finance. He founded D. E. Shaw in 1988; the firm began above a New York bookstore with six employees. Its current description assigns day-to-day operations to an executive committee while retaining Shaw’s involvement in selected strategic decisions. Most of his time now goes to computational biochemistry as chief scientist of D. E. Shaw Research. He began that scientific work in 2001 and assembled its research team from 2002, connecting his academic, investment and scientific careers.
Career and perspective
- Founded D. E. Shaw in 1988.
- Day-to-day investment-firm management rests with an executive committee.
Organizations and relationships
D. E. Shaw
Founder Historical relationshipHistorical association. Founder of D. E. Shaw, associated with quantitative investing.
SEC reporting organization · CIK 1009207
D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.
Latest available local holdings: Q2 2026, period ended 2026-06-30.
This quarter is covered by a completed SEC dataset import.
Filed 2026-08-14 · View filing · The filing on sec.gov
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