2015 Rich List: Behind the Numbers

Institutional Investor's Alpha's 2015 RICH LIST: BEHIND THE NUMBERS Although the top 25 hedge fund managers saw a 45 percent drop in total earnings in 2014, they generated some other noteworthy numbers. Here are just a few. Minimum 2014 earnings to qualify for this $175 MILLION year's Rich List 13 APPEARANCES by Kenneth Griffin on the Rich List, which the Citadel founder tops this year for the first time 4 MANAGERS Making their debuts on the Rich List this year 11 PEOPLE qualified for this year's Rich List O Feroz Dewan O Christopher Hohn O Zachary Schreiber even though they made less in 2014 than they did in 2013 O Daniel Sundheim $50 MILLION The amount David Einhorn and his wife, Cheryl, pledged to give to their alma mater, Cornell University 2.2% 88.6% I The 2014 investment returnof David Tepper's Appaloosa funds The decline in Tepper's earnings from 2013 to 2014 $465 MILLION 6 The average earnings of this year's top 25 Michael Platt 8 INDIVIDUALS in the Alpha Hedge Fund Hall of Fame 18 PIS Paul Singer Raymond Dalio O Israel Englander O Kennith Griffin O David Harding Ô David Shaw Ó James Simons O David Tepper Manhattan duplex apartment for which a William Ackman- led group paid $9.5 million 13,554 sq ft 40.4% The return for Ackman's 3 MANAGERS Pershing Square - on the Rich List going through divorces in 2014 the best performance among all the hedge funds represented on the Rich List this year ÖGriffin O Hohn Ó Tepper ŠŠŠŠŠ $21.76 BILLION The total James Simons has made in the 14 years he has qualified for the Rich List Institutional alpha For the full list of top-earnlng hedge fund managers VIEW RANKING