James Simons, mathematician, philanthropist and hedge fund founder, has died

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FILE - Jim Simons, a businessman and founder of Math for America, poses at his New York office, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2005. Simons, a renowned mathematician and pioneering investor who built a fortune on Wall Street and then became one of the nation's biggest philanthropists, died Friday, May 10, 2024. He was 86. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)