Two Sigma Investments, LP, based in New York City, employs advanced technological methods such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and distributed computing in its trading strategies. The firm is led by co-founders and co-chairmen John Overdeck and David Siegel.
John Albert Overdeck is an esteemed American hedge fund manager and the co-founder and co-chairman of Two Sigma Investments. Before establishing Two Sigma, Overdeck excelled at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia, Maryland, where he earned an International Mathematics Olympiad silver medal in 1986. He pursued higher education at Stanford University, obtaining bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics and statistics respectively. Before co-founding Two Sigma Investments, Overdeck held pivotal roles as a managing director at D.E. Shaw & Co. and as a vice president at Amazon.com.
David Mark Siegel is an influential figure in American computer science, entrepreneurship, and philanthropy. He co-founded Two Sigma and currently serves as its co-chairman. Siegel's early aptitude for technology manifested at a young age when he built memory and logic boards and programmed a supercomputer at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He furthered his education at Princeton University, earning a degree in electrical engineering and computer science, followed by a PhD in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. During his tenure at MIT, Siegel conducted pioneering research at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
TWO Sigma Advisers is a leading hedge fund managing assets worth $75,812,890,885 as of March 2024. Their investment strategy includes managing $43,170,283,873 in 13F securities, with a significant concentration in Apple Inc., holding 6,569,600 shares.