ED Thorp

interesting read

https://www.ft.com/content/e7898528-e897-11e6-967b-c88452263daf

I bought his book and heard him on a couple podcasts. Seems like an extremely smart guy

i thought it was really funny when he mentioned that he called maddof’s shenanigans 10 years before anyone else because he had some crazy amount of consecutive quarters without a loss but then he brags about the fact that his fund did not lose money and any quarter lol