# The mathematician who cracked Wall Street

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2015
- Speaker: Jim Simons
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Mathematics, Physics, Biology
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/jim_simons_the_mathematician_who_cracked_wall_street)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Jim Simons was a mathematician and cryptographer who realized: the complex math he used to break codes could help explain patterns in the world of finance. Billions later, he's working to support the next generation of math teachers and scholars. TED's Chris Anderson sits down with Simons to talk about his extraordinary life in numbers.

## Lectures

1. [The mathematician who cracked Wall Street](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/jim_simons_the_mathematician_who_cracked_wall_street/65b292f6f5d1), 23 min (TED's player)