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

By Forbes ContributorHe 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.The laptop was old. The electricity, unstable. But his resolve didn’t flicker.He was coding a tool the world hadn’t as

By Forbes ContributorHe conquered Wall Street’s edge—and handed it to students.A tense silence filled Seoul National University as Joseph Plazo approached the podium—moments before shaking global finance.Bloomberg reporters scribbled beside AI engineers. Professors sat next to grad students. Everyone leaned in.Plazo smiled and began: “This