Thursday, April 17, 2008

Rank	Name	Firm Name	2007 Earnings*
1	John Paulson	Paulson & Co.	$3.7 billion
2	George Soros	Soros Fund Management	$2.9 billion
3	James Simons	Renaissance Technologies	$2.8 billion
4	Philip Falcone	Harbinger Capital Partners	$1.7 billion
5	Kenneth Griffin	Citadel Investment Group	$1.5 billion
6	Steven Cohen	SAC Capital Advisors	$900 million
7	Timothy Barakett	Atticus Capital	$750 million
8	Stephen Mandel Jr.	Lone Pine Capital	$710 million
9	John Griffin	Blue Ridge Capital	$625 million
10	O. Andreas Halvorsen	Viking Global Investors	$520 million

*Earnings include managers' shares of fees as well as gains on their own capital.

SOURCE: Alpha Magazine