Michal Benes
Founder Quant at Stealth
Prague, Prague, Czechia
Summary
👤
Senior🎓
Top SchoolMichal Benes is an experienced quantitative researcher and founder with 17 years building high-performance trading systems and research at Two Sigma and Citadel, now running a stealth quant startup from Prague. He combines deep mathematical training (PhD-level) with hands-on C++ and quantitative engineering dating back to early product development at nangu.TV. Michal moves fluidly between academic research—recently in complex systems alignment—and production quant roles, reflecting a rare blend of theory and market-facing implementation. He has a track record of turning novel models into live strategies and mentoring cross-disciplinary teams. Based in Prague, he favors coding for fun and sustains a long-term commitment to rigorous, math-driven problem solving. An understated polymath, he pairs formal academic roots with decade-plus experience at top systematic trading firms.
17 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Gymnazium ZborovskaGymnazium KorunniMaster's Degree, Master's Degree at Eberhard-Karls-Universität TübingenDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) at Charles University
Czech, English, GermanProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (4)
jflemer/lotr
Feb 2009 - Mar 2010
Lord of the Rings game engine
Contributions:84 commits in 1 year 1 month
daeglin/KoronaHra
Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:10 PRs, 51 pushes, 9 branches in 2 months
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.