Akhan Ismailov

Akhan Ismailov is a Kazakh mathematician and quantitative researcher. He represented Kazakhstan at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2014 and 2015, winning gold both years. He studied at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2015-2019) and completed a Quantitative Analytics program at the Center of Mathematical Finance (2022-2023). Profiles list quantitative research roles/internships at Squarepoint, Jump Trading Group and DNA Capital.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. Actual quantitative roles/internships appear on the subject's own LinkedIn profile (surfaced via an index, not independently primary-source-confirmed): Quantitative Researcher at Squarepoint (2025-present, London), Quantitative Research Intern at Squarepoint (2024, Hong Kong), Quantitative Research Intern at Jump Trading Group (2024, Singapore), and Quantitative Researcher at DNA Capital (2023-2024, Moscow, 'High frequency market making'). Employer classification: Squarepoint Capital is a global quantitative investment-management/hedge-fund firm (independent: Wikipedia, squarepoint-capital.com), Jump Trading is an algorithmic/high-frequency proprietary trading firm (independent: Wikipedia, jumptrading.com), and DNA Capital's role is described as high-frequency market making. Identity is supported independently by the IMO record (Kazakhstan, gold 2014 and 2015) and by the GitHub account 404akhan whose repos match his background (Center of Mathematical Finance homeworks 'cmf-hws', reinforcement-learning work matching a NAVER RL internship). The roles are indexed LinkedIn profile data rather than an independent employment record, so the employment evidence is index-only; the employer identity and quant classification are independently confirmed.2025
• IMO profile: Akhan Ismailov represented Kazakhstan at IMO 2014 (score 29/42, 93.02%, rank 40, Gold) and IMO 2015 (rank 19, 96.9%, Gold).2015
• Squarepoint Capital is a global investment management firm using systematic, quantitative strategies (AUM ~US$226.9bn); a genuine quantitative hedge fund.
• Jump Trading is a proprietary trading firm focused on algorithmic and high-frequency trading strategies (2000+ employees) - genuine quant trading.
• Identity: LinkedIn/in index profile headline 'IMO twice gold medalist 2014, 2015. Codeforces Master.' corroborates the olympiad identity.
• DNA Capital (Moscow) role described on LinkedIn as 'High frequency market making' - a quant trading employer.
• Codeforces handle akhan42 (Almaty, Kazakhstan), max international master (rating 2316/2244).