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Robert Mercer (businessman)
Robert Mercer (born July 11, 1946)〔 is an American computer scientist and co-CEO of Renaissance Technologies, a hedge fund.〔
Mercer grew up in New Mexico and holds a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics from the University of New Mexico.〔 He joined Renaissance in 1993 after being recruited by Renaissance founder James Harris Simons.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mdg45ghlg/robert-mercer-2/ )〕 Mercer previously worked at IBM, where he developed speech recognition programs, and received a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Illinois. In June 2014, he received the Association for Computational Linguistics Lifetime Achievement Award.〔(video )〕 As of 2014, Renaissance manages $25 billion.〔
==Political activity==
Mercer has given $750,000 to the Club for Growth, $2 million to American Crossroads, and $2.5 million to Freedom Partners Action Fund. In 2010, Mercer financially supported Art Robinson's efforts to unseat Peter DeFazio in Oregon's 4th congressional district. In the 2013-2014 election cycle, Mercer donated the fourth largest amount of money among individual donors, and the second most among Republican donors.〔 Mercer's family foundation, run by his daughter, Rebekah, has also donated to a variety of conservative causes. Mercer is a major financial supporter of the 2016 presidential campaign of Ted Cruz, contributing $11 million to a super PAC associated with the candidate. In 2015, the ''Washington Post'' called Mercer one of the ten most influential billionaires in politics, describing Mercer as a "Tea Party conservative."
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