Bálint Homonnay

Bálint Homonnay (Hungary) is a mathematician and quantitative-finance professional. He represented Hungary at the International Mathematical Olympiad 2014, winning a Silver Medal with 23 points (rank 109). He read Mathematics at the University of Cambridge (BA, Pembroke College, 2015-2018; MA, 2022), after attending Fazekas Mihály Gimnázium in Budapest. Roles recorded on his LinkedIn profile are Risk Analyst at Morgan Stanley in Budapest (2019-2020), Data Analyst at GAMAX Kft. in Budapest (2020-2023), and Quantitative Trading Intern at Jane Street in London (2023). No current employer is published.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. LinkedIn enrichment (index/profile-derived, the backbone of this profile) records an actual internship - Quantitative Trading Intern at Jane Street, London, England, 2023 - for Bálint Homonnay, the IMO 2014 Hungarian Silver medalist (identity supported by IMO official records plus matching Cambridge/Fazekas education). Jane Street is a global quantitative trading firm and market maker, i.e. genuine quantitative finance, and the role is a work internship rather than a student program or insight day, so it qualifies. Classifications: Morgan Stanley (Budapest Risk Analyst, 2019-2020) is an investment bank role that may touch risk/quant work but is not designated quantitative finance; GAMAX Kft. (2020-2023 Data Analyst) is a Hungarian IT/technology firm, not quant finance. Caveats retained: the Jane Street internship rests on profile enrichment rather than a separately published primary announcement, and no current (2026) quantitative-finance employment is published.2023
• Career timeline (LinkedIn enrichment): Risk Analyst, Morgan Stanley, Budapest, 2019-2020; Data Analyst, GAMAX Kft., Budapest, 2020-2023; Quantitative Trading Intern, Jane Street, London, England, 2023. The 2019 start aligns with finishing his Cambridge BA in 2018.2023
• Quantitative Trading Intern at Jane Street (London) in 2023 is an actual work internship at a global quantitative trading firm/market maker - a genuine quantitative-finance role, and the only confirmed quant-finance employment on the profile.2023
• Identity confirmed: IMO official records list Bálint Homonnay competing for Hungary at the 2014 International Mathematical Olympiad, awarded a Silver Medal with 23 points and rank 109 - matching the caller's olympiad identity anchor; this is primary-source confirmation of the olympiad identity.Jul 2014
• Morgan Stanley is a global investment bank with a large Budapest office; the 2019-2020 Risk Analyst role is a banking/finance role, not itself designated a quantitative-finance or trading role.
• As of the enrichment snapshot (2026-09) no current employer is published on the profile; the most recent role is the 2023 Jane Street internship, so no current quantitative-finance employment can be asserted.
• The olympiad-adjacent index record lists additional honors (Middle European Mathematical Olympiad Gold Medal, Jozsef Kurschak Competition 1st prize) and University of Cambridge BA/MA; these are index-only claims, consistent with a Hungarian IMO team member but NOT independently confirmed by a primary source read this run.
• Education: BA in Mathematics at the University of Cambridge (Pembroke College), 2015-2018, plus an MA (2022); preceded by Fazekas Mihály Gimnázium, Budapest (2006-2014), consistent with the 2014 IMO/graduation timeline.
• GAMAX Kft. is a Hungarian IT/technology-services company headquartered in Budapest (Villányi út), not a quantitative-finance or trading firm; the 2020-2023 Data Analyst role therefore is not a quant-finance role.
• PCBC Budapest training camps were hosted at Soroksári Rowing Club by alumnus Bálint Homonnay (acknowledged in the club's summer 2019 and later newsletters), tying him to the Hungarian rowing community after graduation.Jun 2019
• Named in the Pembroke College annual gazette (2025), corroborating his Pembroke College affiliation beyond the LinkedIn education entry.2025
• Rowing: member of Pembroke College Boat Club (Cambridge) - rowed/coxed in the men's first boat at Fairbairns 2017 and later coxed a Christmas Head-winning crew, indicating sustained participation in university rowing.Dec 2017