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Renaissance Technologies

American hedge fund firm
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Renaissance Technologies

Summary

Renaissance Technologies is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 0.45% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,243 views/month, #133 of 29,529).[2]

Key Facts

  • Renaissance Technologies is in the country of United States[3].
  • Renaissance Technologies is in the country of US[4].
  • Renaissance Technologies is in the country of BE[5].
  • Renaissance Technologies's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Renaissance Technologies's founder is recorded as Jim Simons[7].
  • Renaissance Technologies's headquarters location is recorded as Setauket-East Setauket[8].
  • Renaissance Technologies's chief executive officer is recorded as Peter Brown[9].
  • Renaissance Technologies's industry is recorded as financial services[10].
  • Renaissance Technologies's industry is recorded as hedge fund[11].
  • Renaissance Technologies's chairperson is recorded as Jim Simons[12].
  • 1982 marks the founding of Renaissance Technologies[13].
  • 1982-07-29 marks the founding of Renaissance Technologies[14].
  • 2026-04-03 marks the founding of Renaissance Technologies[15].
  • Renaissance Technologies's official website is recorded as http://www.rentec.com[16].
  • Renaissance Technologies's legal form is recorded as privately held company[17].
  • Renaissance Technologies's legal form is recorded as HZEH[18].
  • Renaissance Technologies's legal form is recorded as 3W7E[19].
  • Renaissance Technologies's assets under management is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+130000000000'}[20].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 87550005A5RREEDMNX30[21]

  • Registered legal name: Renaissance Technologies[22]

  • Legal jurisdiction: BE[23]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[24]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 3W7E[25]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[26]

  • LEI registration status: ISSUED[27]

  • Entity created: 2026-04-03[28]

  • LEI first registered: 2026-05-19[29]

  • LEI last updated: 2026-05-20[30]

  • LEI next renewal: 2027-05-20[31]

  • Managing LOU: 52990034RLKT0WSOAM90[32]

  • Registration authority: RA000025[33]

  • Authority entity ID: 1036482612[34]

  • Conformity flag: CONFORMING[35]

Body

Founding

Renaissance Technologies's founder is recorded as Jim Simons[7]. Recorded inception include 1982[13], 1982-07-29[14], and 2026-04-03[15].

Leadership

Renaissance Technologies's chief executive officer is recorded as Peter Brown[9]. Its chairperson is recorded as Jim Simons[12].

Operations

Renaissance Technologies's headquarters location is recorded as Setauket-East Setauket[8].

Industry

Industries include financial services[10] and hedge fund[11].

Why It Matters

Renaissance Technologies ranks in the top 0.45% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,243 views/month, #133 of 29,529).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

Related Entities

business David M. Magerman Jim Simons Peter Brown Peter F. Brown privately held company Robert Mercer United States U.S. Steel

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . nytimes.com. Retrieved . nytimes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [25] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [26] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [27] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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