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Gregory Zuckerman: The Inspiration Behind The Jim Simons Story

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Jacob Wolinsky
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ValueWalk's Raul Panganiban interviews Gregory Zuckerman, the author of "The Frackers," "The Greatest Trade Ever," and his most recent book that's coming out soon, "The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution." In this part, Gregory discusses his background and what led him to a career in journalism, why he wanted to write about the Jim Simons story, his preparations for writing this book, making the math topics accessible for readers, and the long and winding road for Jim Simons and Renaissance.

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Jacob Wolinsky is the ex-Founder of Valuewalk.com (founded 2011, sold 2023). He is founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a hedge fund focused intelligence service for institutional investors. Prior to founding Valuewalk, Jacob covered small caps, worked recruiting members for a large hedge fund community and freelance financial journalism. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic Park NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal ID. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: Most of my portfolio is in I mostly purchase broad-based ETFs, mutual funds or individual bonds - I do this for performance reasons and to avoid any potential conflict of interest or occasional receipt of insider information. I will disclose if I have a stake in any company, but in general I have few stocks and I avoid any trading especially around topics I am covering.