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Re:Ask HN: Are there any billionaire programmers? by adventured on Thursday June 04, 2020 @08:51PM (#23423868)
Renaissance Technologies is one of the few places where you'll see billionaire engineers and scientists in the world of Wall Street. Due to the nature of how they capture returns in their primary fund (it's now for insiders only, so their outsized returns go to the employees with a stake).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Technologies

Re:Ask HN: Are there any billionaire programmers? by corporateslave5 on Friday June 05, 2020 @01:45PM (#23431459)
Yeah, there’s them. But there’s other ten man funds that can generate massive returns.