Benjamin Garnier-Petit

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Chief Technology Officer at Squarepoint

New York, New York, United States

Overview

Benjamin Garnier-Petit is the Chief Technology Officer at Squarepoint, where he rose from a Quantitative Researcher role. He is a graduate of Stanford University and École Polytechnique and has co-authored academic papers on quantitative finance and reinforcement learning.

Outside of his professional life, Benjamin is a keen musician who enjoys playing both acoustic and electric guitar. He also has a passion for traveling and spends his free time solving interesting puzzles.

He has a strong interest in education, having served as a teaching assistant for AI and Reinforcement Learning courses at Stanford.

Personality Overview

Curious

Assertive

Example Seeker

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

Quantitative Finance
His career at Squarepoint and academic papers on topics like optimal multi-asset trading confirm his deep expertise in this area.
Reinforcement Learning
Served as a teaching assistant for a Reinforcement Learning course at Stanford and co-authored papers on related policy gradient methods.
Technology Leadership
As CTO, he is responsible for setting the strategic technology direction for a leading quantitative investment firm. [Predicted]

Media Appearances

Benjamin has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2025
Chief Technology Officer at Squarepoint
9-2023 - 4-2025
Deputy Chief Technology Officer at Squarepoint
8-2020 - 9-2023
Quantitative Researcher at Squarepoint
9-2019 - 3-2020
Research Assistant at Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (SAIL)
6-2019 - 8-2019
Quantitative Research Intern at Squarepoint Capital

Education

2018 - 2020
Master of Science - MS from Stanford University
2015 - 2019
Cycle polytechnicien - MS and BS from École Polytechnique

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Insights For Selling To Benjamin

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Share testimonials from known people and give multiple examples of product value
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Use phrases like ‘clear proof that’, ‘data shows’ etc.

DONT's

  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Benjamin is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Benjamin

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Benjamin move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Benjamin take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Benjamin

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