Tuesday, 31 March, 2026
16-Year-Old Prodigy Leaves SpaceX for Citadel Securities, Citing Faster Impact
By Isha
At just 16, Kairan Quazi—who started at SpaceX at 14 and became Santa Clara University’s youngest graduate—has left the company to join Citadel Securities in New York. He explained that quantitative finance offers the same intellectual challenge as AI and aerospace but delivers measurable results much faster. Next at Citadel, he'll work on global trading infrastructure, choosing pragmatic impact over long-term R&D timelines.
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