THE REBEL WHO OUTSMARTED WALL STREET—THEN GAVE AWAY THE CODE

By Feature by Forbes Editorial TeamHe wasn’t from the finance elite. That’s how he beat them all.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 hadn’t asked f