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Jerrell Watts

Investor

Head of Algorithmic Trading at Point72

About

Jerrell Watts is Head of Algorithmic Trading at Point72, which he joined in 2017, with more than two decades of experience in systematic and quantitative trading across equities, options, futures, bonds, and currencies. He previously held quantitative research roles at Citadel and Citadel Securities, including Head of Algorithmic Execution and Order Routing, and worked as a high frequency portfolio manager at Merrill Lynch and on automated market making efforts at Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley, beginning his finance career as a quantitative developer at D. E. Shaw & Co. He holds a BS in computer science from the University of Texas at Austin and an MS and PhD in computer science from the California Institute of Technology.

Colleagues at Point72

Andrew B. Cohen
Chief Investment Officer, Cohen Private Ventures at Point72
Becca Mitchell
Co-Head of Corporate Communications at Point72
Brooke Trahan
Chief Intelligence Officer at Point72
Dan Lota
Global Head of Trading at Point72
Elena Bukowski
Global Head of Capital Development and Investor Relations at Point72
Gavin O'Connor
Executive Vice President at Point72
Geoffrey Lauprete
Head of Cubist Systematic Strategies at Point72
Gina DiMento
Chief Compliance Officer at Point72