Founders #387 · · 7 books

Jim Simons Built The World’s Greatest Money-Making Machine

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The book this episode covers

  1. The Man Who Solved the Market

    Gregory Zuckerman · Reading rank 82 · in 2 other episodes

    David highly recommends reading the book for the full story.

    Cross-episode reference · Dedicated episode · Explicit praise · Founder theme · Reread language

Books David recommends along the way

  1. Jeff Bezos' Shareholder Letters

    Jeff Bezos · Reading rank 4 · in 32 other episodes

    David draws a hiring-standards theme from Bezos's first shareholder letter, paralleling Simons's own hiring principle.

    Founder theme

  2. Sam Walton

    Sam Walton · Reading rank 9 · in 24 other episodes

    David draws an operating-efficiency theme from a quoted passage in Sam Walton's autobiography.

    Founder theme

  3. Meet You in Hell

    Les Standiford · Reading rank 30 · in 11 other episodes

    David directly calls this book great while drawing a comparison to Simons's partnerships.

    Explicit praise

  4. Play Nice But Win

    Michael Dell with James Kaplan · Reading rank 48 · in 8 other episodes

    David draws a self-confidence founder theme from Michael Dell's autobiography.

    Founder theme

  5. Softwar

    Matthew Symonds with Larry Ellison · Reading rank 81 · in 5 other episodes

    David draws a core-team-turnover founder theme from a quoted passage in Softwar.

    Founder theme

  6. Jim Simons's five guiding principles

    Jim Simons · Watch & Listen

    David directly calls Jim Simons's published five guiding principles excellent.

    Explicit praise

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