Eric Wepsic

Quantitative-finance executive and mathematician. Long-time D. E. Shaw & Co. managing director (joined 1994), member of the firm's Executive Committee overseeing systematic alternative investments and global trading/IT platforms. Harvard A.B. (1992) and A.M. (1994) in mathematics; twice a Putnam top-five scorer; 1987 IMO gold medalist for the USA.

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• Quant employment verification: CONFIRMED. D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. is a quantitative/systematic hedge fund — his Hertz bio states he oversaw 'much of the firm's systematic alternative investment activities' — and Wepsic held an actual role there: managing director from 1994 until his departure reported in late 2023/early 2024, and a member of the firm's Executive Committee jointly supervising worldwide businesses and the global trading and IT platforms. Identity is supported by the Hertz Foundation bio, Crunchbase, and Equilar, all matching the Harvard mathematics background and 1987 IMO gold to the same person. Student-only programs were not the basis.Aug 5, 2025
• Left D. E. Shaw in late 2023 after ~30 years; Bloomberg reported the firm promoted Adam Deaton and Anoop Prasad to top posts 'as Wepsic departs' (Jan 2024), and his LinkedIn title remained 'Executive at D. E. Shaw & Co.'.Jan 4, 2024
• 1987 IMO: represented the USA, ranked 1st (100%) with a perfect 42/42, gold medal.Jul 1987
• Harvard A.B. in mathematics (1992) and A.M. in mathematics (1994); his LinkedIn index shows a 1988-1994 Harvard span, and he joined D. E. Shaw the same year he completed the A.M.Aug 5, 2025
• Named a 1992 Hertz Fellow; the Hertz Foundation lists his current affiliation as 'Executive at D. E. Shaw & Co.'Aug 5, 2025
• Directs the Tansy Charitable Foundation (EIN 27-6377439), a New York grantmaker; a 2025 Inside Philanthropy piece describes him as a former hedge-fund manager and likely billionaire whose giving is poised to grow.Apr 2025
• Twice a winner of the award for the top five scorers in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Examination while at Harvard.Aug 5, 2025
• 1988 IMO: represented the USA again (rank 60, silver medal, 23 points).Jul 1988
• Registered as a financial professional with FINRA CRD# 2489161; AdvisorCheck lists a finance career starting in 1995, four firms, and passing the Series 63, 57TO, SIE, 55, 7 and 24 exams.
• Associated with DIFFUSION MARKETS, L.L.C., a FINRA-registered broker-dealer (firm CRD 151235). Index/registry-only classification; the entity is a broker-dealer, not confirmed here as a systematic-trading firm.
• Equilar lists him as 'Former Managing Director at The D. E. Shaw Group', sourcing D. E. Shaw's leadership page (captured 2024-04-11).Apr 11, 2024
• Legal name of record is Eric Karl Wepsic (Crunchbase, FINRA CRD 2489161, Equilar all use it).