JIM SIMONS, FOUNDER of quant shop Renaissance Technologies, is about as far removed as can be from the hackneyed image of the egotistical flashy hedge fund manager. He is in his late 60s, shuns the limelight and admits he knows very little about the hedge fund industry. Calm and thoughtful, he just does his job and has a team of very smart people working with him. If he left tomorrow, the firm could run just as well without him, he modestly suggests.
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