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Pete Muller

Pete Muller

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Peter (Pete)
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Peter Muller is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PDT Partners. Investing, math, and music have always been a significant part of his life. Apart from serving on the editorial board for the Journal of Investment Management, Muller is on the boards of Math for America and Berklee. His published research includes work on financial optimization, mortgage prepayments, and equity valuation models. As a pianist and singer-songwriter, Muller has released three albums of original music and performs regularly in New York City with his trio.

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Academic History

  • A master of quantitative trading, Muller has been using computers, data, and algorithms to predict the prices of securities since 1993.
  • He has created more than a dozen crossword puzzles for the New York Times
  • He runs a monthly music-based crossword contest at pmxwords.com.
  • He is a devoted and active philanthropist.