James Harris Simons, known as Jim Simons, was an American mathematician, billionaire hedge fund manager, and philanthropist. Celebrated as the father of quantitative investing, Simons transformed Wall Street by pioneering the use of mathematical models and algorithmic trading strategies. He earned a doctorate in mathematics from UC Berkeley at age 23 and made landmark contributions to geometry and topology, most notably co-developing the Chern-Simons form, which later proved vital to theoretical physics and string theory. After serving as chair of the mathematics department at Stony Brook University and working as a codebreaker for the Institute for Defense Analyses, Simons transitioned to finance in 1978. In 1982, he founded Renaissance Technologies, an East Setauket-based quantitative hedge fund management firm. Under his leadership, Renaissance created the Medallion Fund, an exclusive fund renowned as one of the most profitable investment portfolios in financial history, generating average annual returns exceeding 60 percent before fees over three decades. Simons retired as chief executive officer in 2009 and as non-executive chairman in 2021. Alongside his wife Marilyn Simons, he established the Simons Foundation, donating billions to advanced scientific research, mathematics education, and autism research before his passing in 2024.

Jawaharlal Nehru[a] (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist,secular humanist, social democrat, and statesman who was a central figure in India during the middle of the 20th century. Nehru was a principal leader of the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first prime minister for 16 years. Nehru promoted parliamentary democracy, secularism, and science and technology during the 1950s, powerfully influencing India's arc as a modern nation. In international affairs, he steered India clear of the two blocs of the Cold War. A well-regarded author, he wrote books such as Letters from a Father to His Daughter (1929), An Autobiography (1936) and The Discovery of India (1946), that have been read around the world.

Rahul Gandhi is an Indian politician. A member of the Indian National Congress (INC), he is currently serving as the 12th leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha and as the member of the Lok Sabha for Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, since June 2024.He previously represented the constituency of Wayanad, Kerala, from 2019 to 2024, and Amethi, Uttar Pradesh, from 2004 to 2019. Gandhi served as the party president of the Indian National Congress from December 2017 to July 2019.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is a member of the politically prominent Nehru–Gandhi family. She is also a trustee of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation.

Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician. She is the longest-serving president of the Indian National Congress, a big-tent liberal political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history. She took over as the party leader in 1998, seven years after the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, her husband and a former Prime Minister of India, and remained in office until 2017 after serving for twenty-two years.She returned to the post as interim president in 2019 and remained the President for another three years until 2022.

Balasaheb Thackeray began his professional career as a cartoonist with the English-language daily, The Free Press Journal in Bombay, but he left the paper in 1960 to form his own political weekly, Marmik. His political philosophy was largely shaped by his father Keshav Sitaram Thackeray, a leading figure in the Sanyukta Maharashtra (United Maharashtra) movement, which advocated for the creation of a separate linguistic state for Marathi speakers. Through Bal Thackeray campaigned against the growing influence of non-Marathis in Mumbai. He had a large political influence in the state, especially in Mumbai.

He also served as the leader of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly from 2022 to 2023 and represented Baramati Lok Sabha constituency in 1991

Born in Baramati, Maharashtra, Sharadchandra is the patriarch of the Pawar family, which includes several political figures, including his daughter Supriya Sule, nephew Ajit Pawar, (former Deputy CM of Maharashtra), and grandnephew Rohit Rajendra Pawar. Pawar served as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 2005 to 2008 and of the International Cricket Council (ICC) from 2010 to 2012. He also headed the Mumbai Cricket Association from October 2013 to January 2017. He received the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honour, in 2017.