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 Corp. 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 RidgeCapital 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. Rank Name Firm Name 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 (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
