David Shaw’s War On Cancer

D.E. Shaw Research has the potential to revolutionize drug development.

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David Shaw had established one of the leading quantitative hedge fund firms by the late ’90s, with a decadelong record of investing excellence, but still the former computer science professor felt unfulfilled. “From a scientific point of view, I felt like I was getting stupider with every passing year,” he says.

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