Why quant giant D.E. Shaw seeks out academics, doctors, and veterans to work at the $60 billion hedge fund
From left to right, D.E. Shaw's Tim Willenken, Jeremy Reff, and Ana Díaz Rivero.
D.E. Shaw
- Quant giant D.E. Shaw has hired people from non-traditional finance backgrounds for decades.
- The firm's head of recruiting told BI he looks for certain traits when hiring, including "learning agility."
- Former academics, doctors, and more who now work at D.E. Shaw spoke to BI about getting up to speed in finance.
It was 2011, and Tim Willenken had just spent the past 12 years ...
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