Anton Trygub

Anton Trygub is a Ukrainian competitive programmer and quantitative trader. He represented Ukraine at the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2015 (silver), 2016 (bronze) and 2017 (gold, rank 7). He studied at MIT, earning a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science (2018-2023) and an MS in Computer Science (2023-2024), and won a gold medal (rank 2) at the ICPC World Finals 2022. He has worked as a Quantitative Trader at Optiver in Chicago since February 2025, after a Quantitative Trader internship at Optiver (summer 2024) and a Trading internship at Jane Street (summer 2023).

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. FINRA BrokerCheck (CRD# 8042565) and the AdvisorCheck mirror of that record show Anton Trygub registered at OPTIVER US LLC, Chicago, IL, as a Registered Representative (RR) since 2025, with Series 57TO and SIE exams passed - an actual current role at a proprietary trading firm / market maker, not a student program. Identity is supported by independent records: IMO official results confirm Anton Trygub (Ukraine) 2015 silver, 2016 bronze, 2017 gold rank 7; MIT News and the Competitive Programming Hall of Fame (Codeforces handle antontrygubO_o) corroborate the MIT education and ICPC 2022 World Finals gold. Employer classification: Optiver is a global market maker / proprietary trading firm; Optiver US LLC is its US broker-dealer. The 2024 Optiver summer trading internship and the 2023 Jane Street trading internship appear only on the LinkedIn profile (self-reported / index-derived) and are therefore index-only, not independently confirmed. No evidence found of any other quant employer.2026
• Google Scholar shows an 'Anton Trygub' at Massachusetts Institute of Technology with 32 citations, h-index 3 and i10-index 2, and ResearchGate lists 7 publications under the same MIT affiliation.2026