John Overdeck

Rapid technological change means our education system needs—and has the opportunity—to innovate and improve. This chapter of our grantmaking moves beyond academic achievement to prepare children with the skills and mindsets needed to navigate and shape their futures.

John Overdeck is Chair and Co-Founder of Overdeck Family Foundation and the co-founder and co-chair of Two Sigma Investments, LP, an investment management firm that follows the principles of technology and innovation to find value in the world’s data. Previously, he was a Managing Director at D.E. Shaw & Co. and a Vice President at Amazon. John received a B.S. in Mathematics (with distinction) and an M.S. in Statistics from Stanford University. He is Chair of the Institute for Advanced Study and National Museum of Mathematics, and serves as a trustee of the Robin Hood Foundation. He is also a member of the Global Advisory Board at Khan Academy and Data Science Advisory Group at Stanford University.