Philip Maximilian Trebst

Mathematics student at ETH Zürich and IMO 2025 silver medallist (29/42, rank 119/630). Enrolled in a BSc Mathematics (index record 2025-2028) after attending the Schiller-Gymnasium in Cologne. Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik national winner and Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes scholarship holder. Self-describes a 2026 Data Science internship at QuantCo, Zurich (portfolio optimization; convex/mixed-integer optimization in Python), listed only in his own LinkedIn/index record. QuantCo is a data-science/economics consultancy, not a trading firm.

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• Quant employment verification: UNRESOLVED. The only employment evidence is a self-described 2026 Data Science internship at QuantCo, appearing solely in his own LinkedIn/index record with no independent primary-source corroboration and no dates beyond the year. QuantCo, per its own website, is a data-science/engineering/economics consultancy (pricing, claims, forecasting), not a quant hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, market maker, bank or asset manager, so the role is quantitative in method but not at a documented quantitative-finance employer. His identity is supported (full name on IMO results; LinkedIn matched on IMO 2025), but because the internship claim is index-only, the quant-employment conclusion is retained as UNRESOLVED rather than CONFIRMED. No other quant-finance role or internship is evidenced; scholarship and competitions are not employment.Sep 17, 2026
• Self-described (LinkedIn index record) Data Science internship at QuantCo, Zurich, listed 2026, working on portfolio optimization for sparse index replication and convex/mixed-integer optimization in Python. This role is asserted only in his own LinkedIn/index record; no independent QuantCo source corroborating his employment was found.Jun 1, 2026
• Identity link: the IMO 2025 German contestant is listed under the full name 'Philip Maximilian Trebst' (Germany, 29/42, silver) on the official IMO results and in German IMO team coverage; the LinkedIn profile (display name 'Philip Trebst', Zurich) matches on IMO 2025, mathematics and Zurich, so the two name forms are treated as the same person. The surname 'Trebst' also appears among Cologne physics academics (Simon Trebst, Univ. Cologne), so the full-name match is treated as a lead rather than proof of any relationship.Jul 20, 2025
• Silver medal, 66th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO 2025, Sunshine Coast, Australia): score 29/42, ranked 119th of 630, with perfect 7s on P1, P2, P4, P5.Jul 20, 2025
• QuantCo is a data-science/engineering/economics consulting firm (HQ Boston; offices incl. Berlin, Cologne, Karlsruhe, London, Munich, San Francisco, Zurich) whose products are algorithmic pricing, claims management and high-dimensional forecasting, with financial, retail, industrial and healthcare clients. Per its own site it is a consultancy, not a quant hedge fund, proprietary trading firm or market maker; the 'quant' in its name does not denote a trading business.Sep 17, 2026
• Enrolled at ETH Zürich in a BSc Mathematics (index record 2025-2028), consistent with his Zurich location and current student status.Aug 1, 2025
• Represented Germany at IMO 2025 as one of six students; German coverage lists him as 'Philip Trebst (Köln, 17 Jahre)' and names him, with David Lindenthal, as the team's two silver medallists.Jul 20, 2025
• Two-time national winner (Bundessieger) of the Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik (2024/2025 and earlier); the Bundeswettbewerb is a national school competition, not employment.Apr 7, 2025
• Currently a student; he self-describes (LinkedIn headline) as 'Math Student @ ETH Zürich | IMO'25 | Data Science @ QuantCo' and lists a Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes scholarship (2025-). A scholarship is not employment.Sep 17, 2026
• Was a pupil at the Schiller-Gymnasium in Cologne in the Q1 advanced mathematics course (Leistungskurs) and took part in the school's mathematics-competition programme before IMO 2025.Jan 1, 2025
• QuantCo GmbH is a listed sponsor/partner of the Bundeswettbewerb Mathematik (alongside Jane Street); this is competition sponsorship and is not evidence of his employment and not a recruiting mechanism.Apr 7, 2025