Nathaniel Simons (born 1966) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist.[1][2] He is the founder of Meritage Group, an investment management firm managing over $12 billion in assets, co-founder of Prelude Ventures, a clean tech investment fund, and is the former co-chair of Renaissance Technologies, one of the largest hedge funds in the world.[3]
He is the son of the founder of Renaissance Technologies, Jim Simons.
Simons is also the co-founder and a director of the Sea Change Foundation, which focuses on climate change and clean energy policy.[4][5][6]