The Patina of Risk: A Billionaire's Investment in Our Collective Heritage Igor Tulchinsky was 11 years old when he fled the Soviet Union with his family, carrying nothing but a small stash of Polish gum – worth a few cents on the black market.
This meager inheritance would prove to be a powerful metaphor for his future endeavors.
As the founder of WorldQuant, a renowned financier and developer of algorithmic trading models, Tulchinsky has made a fortune leveraging complex financial systems.