The Man Who Solved the Market

The Man Who Solved the Market by Gregory Zuckerman tells the fascinating true story of Jim Simons, the mathematician and codebreaker who revolutionized investing by founding Renaissance Technologies, the most successful hedge fund in history. The book reveals how Simons and his team of mathematicians, scientists, and computer programmers used data and algorithms to predict market movements with unprecedented accuracy—achieving returns far beyond Wall Street norms. Zuckerman explores the tension between human intuition and machine-driven analysis, the secrecy behind Renaissance’s methods, and the profound impact Simons’s quantitative approach has had on modern finance. It’s both a biography of a brilliant, enigmatic man and a study of how math and technology reshaped the world of investing.

Gregory Zuckerman is a writer for the Wall Street Journal as well as a non fiction book author. He graduated from Brandeis, Magna Cum Laude in 1988. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and 2 sons and works at the New York City bureau of the Wall Street Journal.

He previously worked as a managing editor of Mergers & Acquisitions Report, a newsletter published by Investment Dealers’ Digest. He then worked for the New York Post covering media companies. In 1996, he moved on to work for The Wall Street journal as a financial reporter. He now focuses on financial trades, hedge funds, private equity firms, energy revolution, and other investing and business topics.