>>60794315 (OP)
That weird South American plastic pipe company stuff he or some of his early investors were involved in sounded pretty sketchy. He mentioned it in a documentary.
> be Jim Simons
1961, fresh MIT math PhD, supposed to be doing pure numbers stuff
somehow ends up co-owning a PVC pipe and vinyl tile factory in f**king Colombia
no family in construction, no ties to South America, no reason to be there
“friend from MIT had a lead” — yeah sure buddy
Colombia back then: currency controls, shady import routes, “facilitation fees” standard practice
company pivots from floor tiles to PVC pipes right as local construction boom hits
profits magically make it back to the US, tidy little seed fund for future empire
no one ever asks too many questions, story just floats around in bios like it’s normal
mathematician pipes in Medellín richest hedge fund guy ever
feelsgoodman
