David Siegel — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-Founder & Co-Chairman at Two Sigma since 2001, a financial sciences company managing $60B assets globally as of 2019.
Co-founded FarSight Financial Services, which performed the first retail stock trade on the Internet, and Blink.com.
Founded Siegel Family Endowment in 2011 to support organizations understanding technology's impact on society.
Co-founded Scratch Foundation in 2014 to support Scratch, a programming language and online community for children.
Holds a PhD in computer science from MIT, where he conducted research at the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Serves on the Executive Committee of the MIT Corporation and as Chairman of the Board of Overseers at Cornell Tech.
Worked alongside Jeff Bezos at D.E. Shaw & Co as its first Chief Information Officer.

Biography

David Siegel is an American computer scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He co-founded Two Sigma in 2001, a financial sciences company that applies data science and technology to investment management, venture capital, private equity, and insurance. Siegel's vision for Two Sigma was rooted in the belief that innovative technology and data science could help discover value in the world’s data.