https://www.quantamagazine.org/about/ says "launched by the Simons Foundation in 2012"

and https://www.simonsfoundation.org/about/ has "Since its founding in 1994 by Jim and Marilyn Simons"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Simons explains how Jim Simons got rich.

The book 'The Man Who Solved the Market' - https://www.gregoryzuckerman.com/the-books/the-man-who-solve... is a nice read.

HN discussion on a review of the book - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29392041