David Mitchell Magerman was born on 1968 and is an American computer scientist and philanthropist.
15 Facts About David Magerman
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David Magerman spent 22 years working for an investment management company and hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies.
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David Magerman's father owned All-City Taxi in Miami, Florida, and his mother was a secretary for a group of accounting firms in Tamarac.
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David Magerman spent two decades working for James Simons's New York-based investment management company Renaissance Technologies, where he developed trading algorithms.
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In 2017, David Magerman publicly opposed the views of his boss, Robert Mercer, concerning politics and race issues in America.
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Mercer, the co-CEO of Renaissance Technology, suspended David Magerman without pay and later made the suspension permanent.
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That same year David Magerman filed a federal lawsuit against Mercer, seeking an excess of $150,000 in damages over alleged racist comments and unlawful termination.
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Since founding The Kohelet Foundation in 2009, David Magerman has donated tens of millions of dollars to local causes.
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In 2020, David Magerman became a financial and vocal supporter of First Generation Investors, a 5013 nonprofit organization that teaches high school students in underserved communities the power of investing and provides the students with real money to invest.
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David Magerman guest spoke to its students during a virtual webinar in July 2020.
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David Magerman did this because he did not want to be mistaken with an NGO with the same name that backed the Israel government's judicial reform effort.
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In 2024, David Magerman pledged five million dollars to higher education institutions in Israel.
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David Magerman decided to stop supporting his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania, over the administration's handling of antisemitism on campus after the October 7,2023 Hamas massacre in Israel.
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David Magerman provided the initial funds for the campaign group "Freedom from Facebook", donating $425,000 as of late 2018.
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David Magerman married Debra David Magerman, on August 8,1999.