Pete Muller
Founder and CEO of PDT Partners, a quantitative trading firm; mathematician-turned-musician who built PDT into a highly successful, secretive quant shop and is also an accomplished songwriter and crossword creator.
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Feb 3, 2026 • 35min
Episode 47: Pete Muller - Founder of PDT Partners
Pete Muller, founder and CEO of PDT Partners and a mathematician-turned-musician, built a secretive, high-performing quant firm and also writes music and crosswords. Conversation covers building durable models, shaping a collaborative culture that avoids burnout, navigating the 2007 quant crisis, limits to scaling strategies, and how music and diverse interests inform creative problem-solving.
