Jim Simons

Jim Simons

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James Harris Simons (April 25, 1938 – May 10, 2024) was an American hedge fund manager, investor, mathematician, and philanthropist. At the time of his death, Simons's net worth was estimated to be $31.4 billion, making him the 55th-richest person in the world. He was the founder of Renaissance Technologies, a quantitative hedge fund based in East Setauket, New York. He and his fund are known to be quantitative investors, using mathematical models and algorithms to make investment gains from market inefficiencies.
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📡 Latest 13F holdingsRENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC period 2025-12-31 · 25 positions

Snapshot from the most-recent 13F-HR filing with the SEC. 3185 total positions; top 25 by value shown below.$64.5B AUM reported.

Ticker Weight Value Issuer
2.426%$1.56BPALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC
1.443%$930.3MUNITED THERAPEUTICS CORP DEL
1.333%$859.4MMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC
1.091%$703.3MKINROSS GOLD CORP
1.048%$675.2MVERISIGN INC
1.044%$673.0MNETFLIX INC
0.95%$612.6MTESLA INC
0.946%$609.9MEXELIXIS INC
0.927%$597.6MCOSTCO WHSL CORP NEW
0.921%$594.0MCARVANA CO
0.842%$542.9MWAYFAIR INC
0.833%$537.1MROBLOX CORP
0.797%$513.7MFRANCO NEV CORP
0.672%$433.0MREDDIT INC
0.664%$427.9MPROCTER AND GAMBLE CO
0.619%$398.8MAIRBNB INC
0.61%$392.9MINCYTE CORP
0.603%$388.6MROBINHOOD MKTS INC
0.59%$380.6MNU HLDGS LTD
0.566%$364.9MINTEL CORP
0.55%$354.7MTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MFG LTD
0.533%$343.6MSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY S A
0.531%$342.3MGILEAD SCIENCES INC
0.518%$334.0MCHEVRON CORP NEW
0.516%$332.8MMICROSOFT CORP
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