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</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Nat Simons</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Nathaniel Simons</div><br>1966 (age 58–59)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="University_of_California%2C_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Investment manager</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Laura Baxter-Simons</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Jim_Simons" title="Jim Simons">Jim Simons</a>, <a href="Barbara_Simons" title="Barbara Simons">Barbara Simons</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Marvin_R._Baxter" title="Marvin R. Baxter">Marvin R. Baxter</a> (father-in-law)</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Nathaniel Simons</b> (born 1966) is an American billionaire <a href="Hedge_fund" title="Hedge fund">hedge fund</a> manager and <a href="Philanthropist" class="mw-redirect" title="Philanthropist">philanthropist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is the founder of Meritage Group, an investment management firm managing over $12 billion in assets, co-founder of Prelude Ventures, a <a href="Clean_technology" title="Clean technology">clean tech</a> investment fund, and is the former co-chair of <a href="Renaissance_Technologies" title="Renaissance Technologies">Renaissance Technologies</a>, one of the largest hedge funds in the world.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>He is the son of the founder of Renaissance Technologies, <a href="Jim_Simons" title="Jim Simons">Jim Simons</a>.
</p><p>Simons is also the co-founder and a director of the Sea Change Foundation, which focuses on climate change and clean energy policy.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2></div>
<p>The son of <a href="James_Harris_Simons" class="mw-redirect" title="James Harris Simons">James Simons</a>, a mathematician and the founder of <a href="Renaissance_Technologies" title="Renaissance Technologies">Renaissance Technologies</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="Barbara_Simons" title="Barbara Simons">Barbara Simons</a> <a href="Birth_name" title="Birth name"><i>née</i></a> Bluestein, a computer scientist and former president of the <a href="Association_for_Computing_Machinery" title="Association for Computing Machinery">Association for Computing Machinery</a> (ACM),<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he attended the <a href="University_of_California%2C_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>. There, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics in 1989, followed by a master's degree in mathematics in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2></div>
<p>Simons began his career at Cylink Corp in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1994, Simons has been a principal at Renaissance Technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At Renaissance, Simons worked as a data analyst from 1994 to 1995, then as a futures trader from 1995 to 1997. In 1997, he began the Meritage family of funds, which was spun off from Renaissance. Simons served as vice chair at Renaissance from 2006 to 2020<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is senior managing director and chair of Meritage Group.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2009, Simons co-founded Prelude Ventures, a clean-technology <a href="Venture_fund" class="mw-redirect" title="Venture fund">venture fund</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In that same year, he was listed #20 on <i>Fortune</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s World's Top 25 Eco-Innovators.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2015, Simons and his wife, Laura Baxter-Simons, joined the <a href="Breakthrough_Energy_Coalition" class="mw-redirect" title="Breakthrough Energy Coalition">Breakthrough Energy Coalition</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coalition is a partnership of individuals who have pledged to invest in new energy technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h2></div><p>
In 2006, Simons co-founded Sea Change Foundation, focused on climate change and clean energy policy.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, Simons spoke along with <a href="Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> and <a href="Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a> at the National Clean Energy Project <a href="Round_table_(discussion)" title="Round table (discussion)">roundtable</a>. In discussing philanthropy's role in <a href="Climate_change_mitigation" title="Climate change mitigation">combating climate change</a>, Simons stated:</p><blockquote><p>I think the role of philanthropy is more than anything to just facilitate the process. There are many different stakeholders, and they all have to be brought together. The grid is perhaps the best example we can think of where there are many disparate interests. And to get it done quickly is going to take a herculean effort from all sides.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote>
<p>Simons has been on the board of the <a href="Exploratorium" title="Exploratorium">Exploratorium</a> and Berkeley's board of visitors.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>He and his family are long-time benefactors of their alma mater, <a href="University_of_California%2C_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">Berkeley</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:1_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including SERC<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the Berkeley Tsinghua Joint Research Center on Energy and Climate Change.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2017, Simons and his spouse signed <a href="The_Giving_Pledge" title="The Giving Pledge">The Giving Pledge</a>, a foundation created by <a href="Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a> where individuals pledge to donate the majority of their wealth.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Laura Baxter-Simons is a member of the advisory board for the <a href="UC_Berkeley_College_of_Letters_and_Science" title="UC Berkeley College of Letters and Science">College of Letters & Science at Berkeley</a> and of the Steering Committee for Berkeley's "Light the Way" campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_family">Personal life and family</h2></div>
<p>Simons and Laura Baxter-Simons have two children.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Baxter-Simons, who holds degrees in economics, German, and German literature from <a href="University_of_California%2C_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">Berkeley</a>, is the daughter of former California Supreme Court Justice <a href="Marvin_R._Baxter" title="Marvin R. Baxter">Marvin Baxter</a><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is an attorney, having received her <a href="Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a> from <a href="Stanford_Law_School" title="Stanford Law School">Stanford</a>. Baxter-Simons serves as the general counsel and chief compliance officer at Meritage Group.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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