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The Hedge Fund Elite

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Found this 2007 New York Magazine special feature ranking some of the best hedge-fund managers in six categories, based on a poll of ten industry insiders.

The six categories are listed below:

  1. Top Dogs – The very best in the business
  2. Brainiacs – The smartest
  3. Bad Boys – The meanest
  4. Singles Hitters – Consistent performers
  5. Home Run Hitters – Fearless risk-takers
  6. Whippersnappers – Legends in the making

All the profiled managers have been attributed one of four “Styles” – Trader, Stock Picker, Distressed Investor, or Quantitative Investor.

I have put up these tables for each of the categories…

Top Dogs – The very best in the business
Manager Fund Size Style Location
Steve Cohen SAC Capital Advisors $12 billion Trader Stamford, Conn
Stephen Feinberg Cerberus Capital $19.15 billion Distressed investor Manhattan
David Tepper Appaloosa Management $5.3 billion Distressed investor Chatham, N.J.
Eddie Lampert ESL Investments $18 billion Stock picker Greenwich, Conn.
Kenneth Griffin Citadel Investment Group $13.5 billion Trader Chicago
Michael Novogratz Fortress Investment Group $4.6 billion Trader Manhattan
Brainiacs – The smartest
Manager Fund Size Style Location
James Simons Renaissance Technologies $24 billion Quantitative investor East Setauket, N.Y
David Shaw D.E. Shaw & Co. $26.3 billion Quantitative investor Manhattan
Clifford Asness AQR Capital Management $9.5 billion Quantitative investor Greenwich, Conn.
Ray Dalio Bridgewater Associates $30.2 billion Quantitative investor Westport, Conn.
Mark Carhart Goldman Sachs Asset Management $32.5 billion Quantitative investor Chicago
Bad Boys – The meanest
Manager Fund Size Style Location
Daniel Loeb Third Point $4.2 billion Stock picker Manhattan
Thomas Hudson Pirate Capital $1.1 billion Stock picker Norwalk, Conn.
Israel Englander Millennium Management $8.6 billion Trader New York
Warren Lichtenstein Steel Partners $3.9 billion Stock picker Manhattan
Barry Rosenstein JANA Partners $5.8 billion Stock picker San Francisco
Singles Hitters – Consistent performers
Manager Fund Size Style Location
Richard Chilton Chilton Investment Company $4.3 billion Stock picker Stamford, Conn.
Larry Robbins Glenview Capital Management $6.1 billion Stock picker Manhattan
Richard Perry Perry Capital $12.34 billion Trader Manhattan
Lief Rosenblatt Satellite Asset Management $5.4 billion Trader Manhattan
Home Run Hitters – Fearless risk-takers
Manager Fund Size Style Location
T. Boone Pickens BP Capital Management $2.5 billion Trader Dallas
Timothy Barakett Atticus Capital $14 billion Stock picker Manhattan
Stephen Mandel Lone Pine Capital $7.94 billion Stock picker Greenwich, Conn.
James Chanos Kynikos Associates $3 billion Stock picker Manhattan
Whippersnappers – Legends in the making
Manager Fund Size Style Location
Chase Coleman Tiger Global Management $3 billion Stock picker Manhattan
William von Mueffling Cantillon Capital Management $8.1 billion Stock picker Manhattan
John Arnold Centaurus Energy $3 billion Trader Houston
Eric Mindich Eton Park Capital $6.2 billion Trader Manhattan
Peter Thiel Clarium Capital Management $1.9 billion Trader San Francisco
David Ganek Level Global Investors N/A Stock picker Greenwich, Conn.

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August 7, 2008 at 5:58 am

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  1. Not to be critical, but Peter Thiel’s the smartest and should listed be in a few categories. I believe he’s managing about $7B now.

    John Gash

    August 8, 2008 at 5:52 am

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  2. [...] was listed in the “Whippersnappers – Legends in the making” category in this 2007 New York Magazine special feature ranking some of the best hedge-fund [...]

    Peter Thiel in Bloomberg Markets (Jan 2007 ‘Hedge Fund’ issue) « the_unlettered_tellurian

    August 20, 2008 at 6:31 am

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