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How people got jobs at Tower Research Capital
What 57 people did before they joined Tower Research Capital: where they worked, what they studied, which role they came in through, and how long it took.
57
people in our data got there
45%
had a graduate degree first (of those listing one)
10
typical years since first job
- The most common step right before: from other companies (53%).
- The most common way in was Finance & trading (35% joined in that kind of role).
- Of those who list their education, 45% had a graduate degree before arriving and 3% a PhD.
- The typical person arrived about 10 years after their first job.
- The most common earlier employer: Goldman Sachs (11% had worked there).
How Tower Research Capital compares
- 3% had a PhD, below the 11% across other quant firms, the lowest of the 10 in our data.
- 45% had a graduate degree, below the 59% across other quant firms, the 2nd-lowest of the 10 in our data.
Among people who list their education; places with at least 10 such people.
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| People listing education | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Optiver | 36 | 69% |
| XTX Markets | 50 | 66% |
| Jump Trading Group | 40 | 62% |
| Citadel Securities | 36 | 61% |
| IMC Trading | 35 | 60% |
| DRW | 24 | 58% |
| Jane Street | 38 | 58% |
| Hudson River Trading | 28 | 46% |
| Tower Research Capital (this page) | 31 | 45% |
| Susquehanna International Group | 22 | 36% |
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| Median years | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hudson River Trading | 17 yrs | |
| Jump Trading Group | 16 yrs | |
| Citadel Securities | 14 yrs | |
| Jane Street | 12 yrs | |
| Optiver | 11 yrs | |
| XTX Markets | 10 yrs | |
| Tower Research Capital (this page) | 10 yrs | |
| DRW | 8 yrs | |
| IMC Trading | 8 yrs | |
| Susquehanna International Group | 6 yrs |
Which role they joined in
Kinds of role with fewer than 5 people are combined into "All other roles".
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Finance & trading | 20 | 35% |
| All other roles | 27 | 47% |
| Software engineering | 10 | 18% |
What they did right before
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| From other companies | 30 | 53% |
| From banks & Fortune 500 | 12 | 21% |
| This was their first listed step | 7 | 12% |
| From quant firms | 5 | 9% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
Where they worked before
A person can count under more than one employer.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Goldman Sachs | 6 | 11% |
| Credit Suisse | 5 | 9% |
| Merrill Lynch | 5 | 9% |
Education
Among the 31 of 57 people who list their education.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor's | 17 | 55% |
| Master's | 11 | 35% |
| MBA | 2 | 6% |
| PhD | 1 | 3% |
How much experience they had
Among the 50 of 57 people with an earlier job listed.
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| People | Share | |
|---|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 2 | 4% |
| 1-3 years | 7 | 14% |
| 3-5 years | 6 | 12% |
| 5-8 years | 5 | 10% |
| 8-12 years | 9 | 18% |
| 12+ years | 21 | 42% |
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How these numbers are made. From 3k+ public career histories collected for careerladder.fyi (dated jobs, degrees and publications). The collection was built around particular employers, so people who reached well-known tech, AI and finance employers are over-represented: read shares as "among people in this dataset", not as hiring odds. Names are shown only when at least 5 people are behind them; smaller groups are combined into "Other". No individual profile is shown. Updated November 2026.