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Desco or D. E. S. Co.
Jeff Bezos was a rising star at D. E. Shaw when he joined the hedge fund in 2004. The firm's business model wasn't to focus on quant investments, but creative artisans who came up with new ideas and viewed the world through different lenses. Jeff fell in love with that part of the company; it helped him get close to his mentor David Geithner.