Henry Laufer
$2.6B
as of 11/22/24
About Henry Laufer
Laufer joined legendary quantitative hedge fund Renaissance Technologies, founded by Jim Simons, in 1992.
He was its chief scientist and vice president of research until retiring in 2009.
Laufer still has a stake in Renaissance, which now manages about $55 billion.
Prior to Renaissance, Laufer was a math professor at Stony Brook University for two decades.
Laufer and Simons worked together at Stony Brook where Simons was chairman of the Department of Mathematics.
Personal stats
Citizenship
United States of AmericaSource of wealth
Hedge fundsResidence
Lake Worth, FloridaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
08/13/45 (age 79)Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, City College of New York; Doctorate, Princeton UniversitySelf-made
self-madeHenry Laufer’s fortune is worth
43K
troy ounces of gold
40K
median U.S. household
26K
median U.S. income
0.052%
U.S. credit card volume
0.01%
GDP of the United States
0.008%
United States debt
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Laufer and his wife Marsha gave nearly $1 million to Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign.
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