She is credited with persuading Trump to shake up his campaign in August, after which two favorites of the Mercer family political operation took over. They have given $11 million this election cycle to outside groups supporting Clinton, adding to the $7.3 million they gave to Democratic-oriented groups in 2014. “He’s excellent at his job, and we don’t talk politics,” Simons, asked about Mercer, told CNBC in June. Renaissance’s Medallion Fund has one of the best records in the history of Wall Street, averaging 35% returns over 20 years. He did talk on CNBC about an investors’ math formula used to calculate risk to explain why he was supporting Clinton over Trump.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 06, 2016 19:00 UTC