Financial firms have difficulty operating with two CEOs, let alone six. The typically oversize egos of Wall Street chiefs make it difficult for them to share power. But having a group of close-knit top executives with different areas of expertise enables D.E. Shaw to efficiently move capital among different asset classes and strategies.
Click on the following title to view The Power of Six slideshow, which briefly explains how the culture at D.E. Shaw attracted the talent of these six managing directors—Anne Dinning, Julius Gaudio, Louis Salkind, Stuart Steckler, Max Stone and Eric Wepsic.