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 building something no one believed in—

By Guest Columnist, Forbes AsiaWall Street never saw him coming—because Joseph Plazo never played by its rules.Quezon City, Philippines — A decade ago, Joseph Plazo coded algorithms during brownouts, lit by candles and ambition.A secondhand laptop. A wobbly table. But the simulations ran.He was coding a tool the world hadn’t asked for—an al