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The D. E. Shaw group is trusted by investors across the world to manage their assets by seeking the optimal balance of risk and reward. We use a combination of quantitative and qualitative tools to uncover independent, hard-to-find sources of return across global public and ...
Mission: Founded in 1988 over a small bookstore in downtown New York City, we began with six employees and $28 million in capital and quickly became a pioneer in computational finance. In the early days of exposed pipes and extension cords, tripping on a cable could take out our whole ...

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    D. E. Shaw & Co. - Investment Firm Awards & Accolades

    • Macro (Over $1 Billion) Fund of the YearHFM2019
    • Multistrategy Hedge Fund Manager of the YearInstitutional Investor2019
    • Multi Strategy Fund of the YearAbsolute Return2018
    • Management Firm of the YearHFM2018

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