Company Description:
The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than 1,600 employees; approximately $28 billion in investment and committed capital as of October 1, 2009; and offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Since its organization in 1988, the firm has earned an international reputation for financial innovation, technological leadership, and an extraordinarily distinguished staff.
The firm has a significant presence in many of the world's capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies and financial instruments within both the major industrialized nations and a number of emerging markets. Its activities range from the deployment of investment strategies based on either mathematical models or human expertise to the acquisition of existing companies and the financing or development of new ones.
The D. E. Shaw group encompasses a number of closely related entities with more than 1,500 employees; approximately $28 billion in aggregate investment capital as of July 1, 2009; and offices in New York, London, Silicon Valley, Houston, Kansas City, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Hyderabad, India
The D. E. Shaw group is a global investment and technology development firm with more than 1,600 employees; approximately $28 billion in investment and committed capital as of October 1, 2009; and offices in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Since its organization in 1988, the firm has earned an international reputation for financial innovation, technological leadership, and an extraordinarily distinguished staff.
The firm has a significant presence in many of the world's capital markets, investing in a wide range of companies and financial instruments within both the major industrialized nations and a number of emerging markets. Its activities range from the deployment of investment strategies based on either mathematical models or human expertise to the acquisition of existing companies and the financing or development of new ones.
The D. E. Shaw group encompasses a number of closely related entities with more than 1,500 employees; approximately $28 billion in aggregate investment capital as of July 1, 2009; and offices in New York, London, Silicon Valley, Houston, Kansas City, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Hyderabad, India