Two members of Goldman Sachs quant team have left the business to a pursue crypto and hedge fund opportunities, according to Tittle Press.
Chris Perez, former managing director of market risk and quantitative analysis at Goldman Sachs in New York has left to take up the role of head of market risk at BlockFi, a Jersey-City-based provider of crypto wealth management products backed by Galaxy Digital.
Sid Chaturvedi, executive director of systematic equity trading at Goldman’s London office, has left to become lead portfolio manager at the Millennium hedge fund in Dubai.