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FOUNDER INTERVIEWS

Founders & CEOs in their own words

Curated interviews with the people who built the top quant funds, HFT firms, and algo trading platforms. Jim Simons, Ken Griffin, Don Wilson, and more.

26 interviews · 23 video · 3 articles
26 interviews
Jim Simons
Quant HF
Jim Simons
Founder · Renaissance Technologies

Classic long-form interview — how a mathematician built the most successful quant fund in history.

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Peter Brown
Quant HF
Peter Brown
CEO · Renaissance Technologies

Rare CEO interview (Goldman Sachs Exchanges) on models, market crises, and algorithms.

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Ken Griffin
Quant HF
Ken Griffin
Founder & CEO · Citadel

In-depth conversation at Future of Global Markets 2025 — markets, macro, and building Citadel.

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Doug Cifu
HFT
Doug Cifu
CEO · Virtu Financial

CEO of top HFT firm on the future of high-frequency trading, regulation, and AI.

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Don Wilson
HFT
Don Wilson
Founder · DRW

DRW founder on trading, the GPU market, and the evolution of algorithmic trading.

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Evgeny Gaevoy
Crypto
Evgeny Gaevoy
CEO & Co-founder · Wintermute

Fireside chat with Anthony Pompliano — crypto market-making at Tier 1 scale.

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Christina Qi
HFT
Christina Qi
Co-founder · Domeyard LP / Databento

How she co-founded an HFT hedge fund from an MIT dorm room and traded billions.

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Iain Dunning
HFT
Iain Dunning
Head of AI · Hudson River Trading

How AI is actually used in HFT — rare insider view from one of the top prop shops.

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Annanay Kapila
HFT
Annanay Kapila
Founder · QFEX

Ex-Tower Research / Flow Traders — HFT realities from Tier 1 and building a new exchange.

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HFT
Mark Gorton
Founder · Tower Research Capital

Founder of legendary HFT firm on speed, market structure, and the future of trading.

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Ernie Chan
Quant HF
Ernie Chan
Founder · QTS Capital / PredictNow.ai

Algo trading legend and author — deep dive into strategy research and systematic trading.

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Robert Pardo
Quant HF
Robert Pardo
Founder · Pardo Capital

Pioneer of algorithmic trading with 40+ years of experience in systematic strategies.

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Jared Broad
Fintech
Jared Broad
CEO & Founder · QuantConnect

Democratizing algorithmic trading for institutions and retail — building the open-source platform.

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Andy Flury
Fintech
Andy Flury
CEO · AlgoTrader

Institutional algorithmic trading platform for Tier 1 buy-side and sell-side firms.

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Perry Kaufman
Quant HF
Perry Kaufman
Founder · Kaufman Associates

The 'father' of algorithmic trading in the US — decades of systematic strategy development.

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Quant HF
Igor Tulchinsky
Founder & CEO · WorldQuant

Founder of one of the world's largest quantitative investment platforms — alphas at scale.

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Dave Lauer
HFT
Dave Lauer
Ex-HFT Trader · ex-HFT (Proprietary)

Market structure, speed, and dark pools — rare insider perspective from ex-Tier 1 HFT.

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Rajendra D Shah & Pankaj D Shah
HFT
Rajendra D Shah & Pankaj D Shah
Managing Directors · Dolat Algotech

YouTube (February 2026): company analysis — algo and proprietary trading, the Shah family's journey building one of India's top HFT firms, low-latency infrastructure.

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Andrei Grachev
Crypto
Andrei Grachev
Managing Partner & Co-Founder · DWF Labs

Consensus Hong Kong 2025: insights into the evolving crypto market, the role of market makers in institutional adoption, and DWF Labs' growth trajectory.

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Max Dama
HFT
Max Dama
Co-Chairman · Headlands Technologies

Manifold Podcast #92 (August 2025): HFT mechanics — millisecond algos, bid/ask spread dynamics, statistical arbitrage, and the realities of latency competition in modern markets.

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Darius Sit
Crypto
Darius Sit
Founder & CIO · QCP Capital

Nasdaq TradeTalks at Singapore Fintech Festival 2025: crypto market trends, QCP's institutional trading role, derivatives evolution, and Asia's growing crypto market influence.

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Darius Sit
Crypto
Darius Sit
Founder & CIO · QCP Capital

Real Vision Crypto (2021, still highly relevant): Asia crypto demand vs. Western markets, options and derivatives, the future of institutional digital asset trading from Singapore.

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Guilhem Chaumont
Crypto
Guilhem Chaumont
Co-Founder & CEO · Flowdesk

Blockchain Interviews (2025): market making across CEX and DEX, EU regulation, liquidity as a service, and why Flowdesk doesn't issue its own token.

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Guilhem Chaumont
Crypto
Guilhem Chaumont
Co-Founder & CEO · Flowdesk

The Scoop / Delphi Digital (2025): tariffs, tokenization of real-world assets, institutional adoption of crypto, and market making as a service for token projects.

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Evgeny Gaevoy
Crypto
Evgeny Gaevoy
Founder & CEO · Wintermute

Fortune Crypto Playbook (February 2026): 'Has Crypto Gone Cold?' — crypto vibes and cypherpunk roots, AI's role in trading, memecoins, and macro market cycles.

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Crypto
Evgeny Gaevoy
Founder & CEO · Wintermute

Bloomberg Crypto (January 2026): 'Crypto Rallies Are Getting Shorter' — memecoins, ETF preference vs. spot, market-structure legislation, and institutional market making.

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