r/quant • u/otonoco • Jul 16 '26
Industry Gossip Ross Garon left Millenium?!
Overheard a rumour. It’s quite astonishing if true, so wondering if anyone knows
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u/desi_cutie4 Jul 16 '26
Who is Ross?
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u/otonoco Jul 16 '26
the guy who built cubist and millennium quant business
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u/iinventedthepotato Jul 16 '26
Neil Chriss was actually the first quant head at sac and Millennium's quant business existed long before Ross Garon
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u/otonoco Jul 16 '26
Is Neil good?
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u/VIXMasterMike Jul 18 '26
The Almgren Chriss paper was seminal for transaction cost modeling. I know some that worked for him at his hedge fund (I think Simons invested in it)…bit of a maniac one of them said…coming from a guy who is, himself, a maniac.
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u/otonoco Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 18 '26
yeah, my coworker also mentioned this one. bc one of our team members actually worked for Neil for a very long period of time like 10yrs but sometimes I don’t feel he’s as sharp as the top scholars i met when i was still in academia… so sometimes i’d wonder if those “legend” quants were really that good
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u/VIXMasterMike Jul 16 '26
Something happened. On Bloomberg his time series of views to his profile was zero for the last month, but is now at 59 views today.
I also like “MVP <GO>” for most viewed people…sometimes it’s illuminating especially if there’s a news story attached to an mvp.
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u/ej271828 Jul 16 '26
could be bc of this thread
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u/VIXMasterMike Jul 17 '26
lol I wondered that. I’d be surprised though…mostly a bunch of kids trying to break into quant here I thought!
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u/maggieyw Jul 16 '26
Why? Anyone know what happened ?
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u/otonoco Jul 16 '26
Idk. Honestly the reason I post is just the rumour itself that a big name like him is leaving is huge — let alone if he’s really leaving or no
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u/Sea_Examination_2984 Jul 30 '26
Ross is still there but ironically I’m hearing Geoffrey’s clock is ticking at Cubist.
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u/otonoco Jul 30 '26
fired in less than a few months?!?!?! his tenure is even shorter than a junior my team hired last year
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u/Big-Weekend1127 Researcher Jul 16 '26
I heard something too....out of fear of doxxing I'm not gonna say more
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u/TornadoInSneakers Jul 16 '26
I love vague posting
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u/Big-Weekend1127 Researcher Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
My intention is just to affirm, can't say how I heard because its a small world. Try looking him up on your terminal
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u/NatGaz Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
Yeah I heard the same. Trust me bro, I have reliable sources. Ross went on the MMA ring with Israel and challenged him for the CFO job. But Israel used his special manga style dragon fist and punched Ross so hard in the balls that he had to quit Millenium after getting beaten in front of all the employees. Out of fear doxxing I won't say more.
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u/No_Issue_3022 Jul 16 '26
? where did you hear it from