| Rank |
Name |
Firm |
2008 Earnings |
| |
|
|
|
| 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 |
David Harding |
Winton Capital Management |
$250 million |
| |
Alan Howard |
Brevan Howard Asset Management |
$250 million |
| |
John Taylor Jr. |
FX Concepts |
$250 million |
| 12 |
James Chanos |
Kynikos Associates |
$225 million |
| 13 |
Michael Platt |
Bluecrest Capital Management |
$210 million |
| 14 |
Roy Niederhoffer |
R.G. Niedierhoffer Capital Management |
$200 million |
| 15 |
John Horseman |
Horseman Capital Management |
$180 million |
