Rank Name Firm Name 2008 Earnings
1 James Simons Renaissance Technologies Corp. $2.5b
2 John Paulson Paulson & Co. $2.0b
I googled to see if this John Paulson is related to Henry Paulson (answer: No) but found this:
Queens-born John Paulson makes fortune on home foreclosures
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2008/01/16/2008-01-16_queensborn_john_paulson_makes_fortune_on.html
The American Dream is still alive! There are plenty of opportunities for the smart and hard-working, like John Paulson. It’s just your fault if you didn't find them.
On 3/25/09, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> <http://www.iimagazine.com/Alpha/Articles/2165638/TODAY/The_25_Highest-Earning_Hedge_Fund_Managers.html>
>
> The 25 Highest-Earning Hedge Fund Managers
>
> Times may be tough for most folks, but not for the top moneymakers on Alpha
> magazine’s eighth annual ranking of the world’s highest-earning hedge fund
> ...
>
> The index below is a guide to the profiles of this year’s top-earning
> managers. Click on the bolded names below to read the top 11 hedge fund
> managers' profiles.
>
> Rank Name Firm Name 2008
> Earnings
> 1 James Simons Renaissance Technologies Corp. $2.5b
> 2 John Paulson Paulson & Co. $2.0b
> 3 John Arnold Centaurus Energy $1.5b
> 4 George Soros Soros Fund Management $1.1b
> 5 Raymond Dalio Bridgewater Associates $780m
> …