It is also impressive how many people there have intelligence agencies connections. And Medallion , their employees fund, underpaying 7B of taxes by misrepresenting short term as long term gains is very impressive too.
That's right. A lot of people are aware that RenTech scoops up talent from math and theoretical CS departments. But it's less well known that many of Simons' old colleagues from the NSA also contribute math and CS talent by referring them to Simons.
Of the people I know who work at (or used to work at) RenTech, one actually joined after working at the NSA. His PhD thesis was a joint collaboration between Harvard's physics department and the NSA.
