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Two Sigma company history timeline

2001

Two Sigma Investments was founded in 2001 by John Overdeck, David Siegel and Mark Pickard.

2013

In 2013, Enhanced Compass posted net returns of about 30%. Two Sigma Investments declined to comment.

2014

In July 2014, it was announced that Simon Yates, Citigroup's global head of equity derivative sales and trading, left the bank to join Two Sigma.

Kang Gao, led to Gao receiving 8 months in jail as of October 2014.

That makes Enhanced Compass one of the best-performing hedge funds of the first half of 2014.

2015

In February 2015, Gao pleaded guilty to "illegally accessing and duplicating proprietary and confidential information related to the firm's trading methods."

2016

In 2016, Two Sigma Investments ranked 11th on Penta's Top 100 Hedge Funds.

2017

As of October 2017, the fund had assets reaching more than $50 billion.

2019

In May 2019, the fund had assets reaching $60 billion.

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2001
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New York, NY
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David Siegel,John Overdeck,Mark Pickard,Ben Wellington,Greg Shih,Jim Charatan
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