Ex-Wall Street ‘quant’ wields data to replant charred Madagascar rainforests

2020-08-31 15:49
In his previous life, Matt Hill worked on Wall Street as a quantitative analyst (a.k.a. a “quant”) for stock portfolios worth billions of dollars. Now, at the helm of a forest conservation nonprofit in Madagascar, he finds himself applying the same data-driven approach he used in his former career to restore the island’s imperiled forests. […]