David E. Shaw is a computer scientist who founded the quantitative investment firm D. E. Shaw & Co. in 1988 and now works mainly as chief scientist of D. E. Shaw Research, a computational biochemistry lab.
Funds
The funds David E. Shaw runs, and what each reported holding in its latest 13F filing with the SEC.
- Net worth
- $10.8B
- #328 in the world · Forbes, 30 October 2026
Snapshot
Known for
Founding D. E. Shaw & Co., a quantitative hedge fund
Worth knowing
- Day-to-day management of D. E. Shaw & Co. has sat with an executive committee since 2002; Anne Dinning chairs it.
- Forbes lists him as founder of D. E. Shaw & Co. with a self-made fortune from hedge funds.
- Age
- 75
- Based
- New York, New York
- Primary role
- Chief Scientist, D. E. Shaw Research
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1951
- Company
- D. E. Shaw & Co.
Connections
Ties, as Forbes lists them
Either side by net worth
#45 of 227 people with a Forbes net worth here.
