Alan Howard, cofounder of London hedge fund giant Brevan Howard Asset Management, has appeared for the first time on the annual Forbes World’s Billionaires list thanks to an estimated personal wealth of $1.8 billion. The 46-year-old Brit was tied with twenty six others, including distressed investor Wilbur Ross, Jr and publishing heir William Randolph Hearst III, as the world’s 556th richest person.