HOW A SELF-TAUGHT FILIPINO CODER GAVE THE MARKET A CONSCIENCE

By Feature by Forbes Editorial TeamWall Street never saw him coming—because Joseph Plazo never played by its rules.Quezon City, Philippines — Ten years ago, Joseph Plazo sat under flickering candlelight, debugging neural nets while the city powered down.A secondhand laptop. A wobbly table. But the simulations ran.He was coding a tool the world