Most of the financiers on Forbes annual list of the World's Billionaires are hedge fund managers.
2010-03-11The whopping total comes to twenty six billionaire hedge funders worldwide.
Some you'll definitely know, like Paulson and Soros. But there are plenty who aren't household names.
See who made the cut -- >
26. Mark Lasry
Net worth: $1.1 billion
Age: 48
Hedge fund: Avenue Capital
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
25. T. Boone Pickens
Net worth: $1.1 billion
Age: 81
Hedge fund: BP Capital
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
24. Peter Thiel
Net worth: $1.2 billion
Age: 42
Hedge fund: Clarium Capital
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
23. Steve Mandel
Net worth: $1.5 billion
Age: 54
Hedge fund: Lone Pine
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
22. Louis Bacon
Net worth: $1.5 billion
Age: 51
Hedge fund: Moore Capital
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
21. Izzy Englander
Net worth: $1.7 billion
Age: 61
Hedge fund: Millenium
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
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20. Alan Howard
Net worth: $1.8 billion
Age: 46
Hedge fund: Brevan Howard
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
19. Ken Griffin
Net worth: $2 billion
Age: 41
Hedge fund: Citadel
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
18. Phil Falcone
Net worth: $2 billion
Age: 46
Hedge fund: Lone Pine Capital
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
17. Julian Robertson
Net worth: $2.2 billion
Age: 78
Hedge fund: Tiger Management
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
16. Eddie Lampert
Net worth: $3 billion
Age: 47
Hedge fund: ESL Investments
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
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15. Paul Tudor Jones
Net worth: $3.2 billion
Age: 55
Hedge fund: Tudor Investment
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
14. Daniel Och
Net worth: $3.3 billion
Age: 49
Hedge fund: Och-Ziff
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
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13. David Tepper
Net worth: $3.5 billion
Age: 52
Hedge fund: Appaloosa Management
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
12. Bruce Kovner
Net worth: $3.5 billion
Age: 65
Hedge fund: Caxton Associates
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
Photo: New York Social Diary
11. Daniel, Robert, and Dirk Ziff
Net worth: $4 billion each
Age: 38, 43, 45
Hedge fund: Och-Ziff
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
Photo: New York Social Diary (Daniel Ziff is on the left)
10. Ray Dalio
Net worth: $4 billion
Age: 60
Hedge fund: Bridgewater
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
9. John Arnold
Net worth: $4 billion
Age: 36
Hedge fund: Centaurus Energy
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
8. Robert Bass
Net worth: $4.5 billion
Age: 62
Hedge fund: Oak Hill Capital management
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
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7. Steven Schwarzman
Net worth: $4.7 billion
Age: 63
Hedge fund: Blackstone's hedge fund unit
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
Photo: New York Social Diary
6. Steve Cohen
Net worth: $6.4 billion
Age: 54
Hedge fund: SAC Capital
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
5. James Simons
Net worth: $8.5 billion
Age: 71
Hedge fund: Renaissance Technologies
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
4. Carl Icahn
Net worth: $10.5 billion
Age: 74
Hedge fund: Icahn Associates
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
3. John Paulson
Net worth: $12 billion
Age: 54
Hedge fund: Paulson & Co
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
2. George Soros
Net worth: $14 billion
Age: 79
Hedge fund: Soros Fund
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.
1. Warren Buffett
Net worth: $47 billion
Age: 79
Hedge fund: Berkshire Hathaway
Compiled thanks to Forbes' list, The World's Billionaires.