All hail, King Dalio! The Bridgewater Associates founder claims first place on Institutional Investor’s Rich List — for the first time since his 2011 earnings propelled him to the No. 1 spot. How did he do it in 2018, a year when two thirds of all hedge funds lost money? Read on to find out, and to see what other managers — some longtime Rich List members, some first-timers — made our 18th annual Rich List ranking.
Introduction
Andrew Law, Steven Schonfeld (tie)
Paul Tudor Jones II
Jason Mudrick
James Simons
John Overdeck, David Siegel (tie)
Paul Singer
Alan Howard
Jeffrey Talpins
Ray Dalio
Scott Shleifer
J. Tomilson Hill
Crispin Odey
Greg Jensen, Bob Prince (tie)
Peter Brown
Peter Muller
Kenneth Griffin
Steven Cohen
Chase Coleman
David Shaw
Robert Shafir
Israel (Izzy) Englander
Christopher Hohn
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Illustration by Zoë van Dijk
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