List of 25 Hedge Fund Managers that MADE MONEY in 2008

Yes, while Rome burns around us there is a core of Money people that predicted the current crisis and have made a whack of dough.

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Alpha Magazine’s 2008 Top Moneymakers

1  –   James Simons, Renaissance Technologies Corp, $2.5 billion
2   –  John Paulson, Paulson & Co, $2 billion
3   –  John Arnold, Centaurus Energy, $1.5 billion
4   –  George Soros, Soros Fund Management, $1.1 billion
5  –   Raymond Dalio, Bridgewater Associates,  $780 million
6   –  Bruce Kovner, Caxton Associates, $640 million
7  –   David Shaw, D.E. Shaw & Co, $275 million
8   –  Stanley Druckenmiller, Duquesne Capital Management, $260 million
9 – (tie) David Harding, Winton Capital Management, $250 million
9 – (tie)  Alan Howard, Brevan Howard Asset Management, $250 million
9 – (tie)   John Taylor Jr, FX Concepts, $250 million
12 –  James Chanos, Kynikos Associates
13  – Michael Platt,  BlueCrest Capital Management
14 – Roy Niederhoffer, R.G. Niederhoffer Capital Management
15 – John Horseman, Horseman Capital Management
16  – Paul Touradji, Touradji Capital Management
17 – Henry Laufer, Renaissance Technologies Corp.
18  – Kenneth Tropin, Graham Capital Management
19 –  (tie)  Pierre Andurand, Dennis Crema,   BlueGold Capital Management
19  – (tie)  Christopher Rokos, Brevan Howard Asset Management
22 –  (tie)  Christian Baha, Superfund
22 – (tie)   Christian Levett, Clive Capital
24 – William Dunn, Dunn Capital Management
25 – Andrew Hoine, Paulson & Co.

Not too shabby!

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