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Strange how I never heard of him before. While being both rich and an extremely accomplished individual, he seems to defy the stereotype of the mad genius.

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I only know about him because of Renaissance Technologies, which is renowned in some circles as being extraordinarily hard to get a job at. They're known for snagging repeat Putnam Fellows. Last I heard Reid Barton ended up there.

I know him since he was math department chair at my alma mater!

The Putnam Competition questions seem very interesting.

http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/

2546 days ago....

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

That's a pretty funny thread.

Near the bottom you see this guy talking about his startup ideas and Drew Houston replies and asked him if he wants to help with Dropbox.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35088

And of course -- Colin's tarsnap is still essentially the same as it ever was (a brilliant technical solution with awful marketing) - and Dropbox is one of the jewel's in YC's crown.

(See this recent post on tarsnap: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7523953 )

I know him because my independent study professor for analysis canceled his meeting with me because Simons took half of the math department for a cruise vacation.

Well, I was happy. I didn't finish my hw that week. :)

Guess he hasn't been mentioned on HN for a while, and when he does get posted it doesn't look like he's voted up:

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3927653

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2850967

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2843203

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1884988

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=196370 - Actual comments

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