Two Sigma’s Overdeck Defends $723 Million Divorce Offer to Wife

Two Sigma Investments’ billionaire co-founder John Overdeck said the $723 million he is proposing to give his wife Laura to resolve their divorce is “fair” based on his compensation from and stake in the quantitative hedge fund.

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