Post by Bilal Jafar
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OpenAI, Jane Street and a staggering return of 1,000%: How this hedge fund went from $100 million to $20 billion in less than two years. A very few hedge fund founders can match the success of Leopold Aschenbrenner, the former OpenAI researcher who launched his AI-focused firm Situational Awareness with roughly $100 million in 2024. The 24-year-old AI researcher, who received his Bachelor's in Mathematics and Economics from Columbia University, now manages more money than some of the world's well-known hedge fund managers. His hedge fund is up by over 270% this year and has returned over 1,000% after fees since its inception in 2024. Jane Street, one of the world's most secretive trading firms, is also one of the investors in Leopold Aschenbrenner's hedge fund. Leopold Aschenbrenner achieved all of this without any prior investing experience. Full story: https://lnkd.in/eUhhASVK