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What I learned from reading The Man Who Solved The Market: How Jim Simons Launched The Quant Revolution by Gregory Zuckerman ----Come see a live show with me and Patrick O'Shaughnessy from Invest Like The Best on October 19th in New York City. Get your tickets here! ----Subscribe to listen to Founders Premium — Subscribers can listen to Ask Me Anything (AMA) episodes and every bonus episode. ---The story of the greatest moneymaker of all time [0:01]Simons prefers to move in silence [1:40]Unknown Unknowns > Known Knowns / Wise people always know exactly why something won’t work. That is why I never employ an expert in full bloom. —Henry Ford [2:42]A one word summary of the book: PERSISTENCE [4:15]Simons’ early life / Only the arrogant are self-confident enough to push their creative ideas on others. —Nolan Bushnell [4:44]Advice from his father: Do what you like in life, not what you feel you should do. [6:16]Personality: Jim had a persistent and burning desire to be wealthy [7:20]A seed has been planted + Jim’