This year, we have some new-comers to the list such as Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn, Third Point’s Dan Loeb and Tiger Global’s Chase Coleman.
Meanwhile, some hedge fund heavy hitters such as John Paulson and Phil Falcone fell in the rankings.
We’ve compiled the hedge funders and compared their 2012 rank and net worth with the previous year’s list.
Paul Singer
World Economic Forum via Flikr
Rank: 1153
Net-worth: $1 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: (Not listed)
Age: 67
Hedge Fund: Elliot Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Thomas Sandell
Sandell Asset Management
Rank: 1075
Net-worth: $1.1 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 1057/ $1.1 billion
Age: 51
Hedge Fund: Sandell Asset Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
David Einhorn
Rank: 1075
Net-worth: $1.1 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: (Not listed)
Age: 41
Hedge Fund: Greenlight Capital
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Chase Coleman
Chase Coleman bio from Hampton Style
Hampton Style
Rank: 1075
Net-worth: $1.1 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: (Not listed)
Age: 36
Hedge Fund: Tiger Global
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Phil Falcone
Rank: 1075
Net-worth: $1.1 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 540/ $2.2 billion
Age: 49
Hedge Fund: Harbinger Capital
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Richard Chilton
Chilton Investment Co.
Rank: 1075
Net-worth: $1.1 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 782/ $1.6 billion
Age: 53
Hedge Fund: Chilton Investment Co.
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Henry Swieca
Rank: 1015
Net-worth: $1.2 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 993/ $1.2 billion
Age: 54
Hedge Fund: Talpion Fund Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Dan Loeb
Dan Loeb
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Rank: 1015
Net-worth: $1.2 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: (not listed)
Age: 50
Hedge Fund: Third Point
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Thomas Steyer
Rank: 960
Net-worth: $1.3 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: (Not listed)
Age: 54
Hedge Fund: Farallon Capital Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Marc Lasry
CNBC.com
Rank: 960
Net-worth: $1.3 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 833/ $1.5 billion
Age: 51
Hedge Fund: Avenue Capital
Source: Forbes “World’s Billionaires”
Michael Hintze
Rank: 913
Net-worth: $1.4 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 879/$1.4 billion
Age: 58
Hedge Fund: Convertible & Quantitative Strategies (CQS)
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Louis Bacon
Rank: 913
Net-worth: $1.4 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 736/ $1.7 billion
Age: 53
Hedge Fund: Moore Capital
Source: Forbes “World’s Billionaires”
Stephen Mandel, Jr.
Dartmouth.edu
Rank: 854
Net-worth: 56
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 736/ $1.7 billion
Age: $1.5 billion
Hedge Fund: Lone Pine
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Noam Gottesman
Rank: 804
Net-worth: $1.6 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 879/ $1.4 billion
Age: 50
Hedge Fund: GLG Partners (sold to UK-based Man Group for $1.6 billion in October 2010)
Source: Forbes “World’s Billionaires”
James Dinan
Rank: 804
Net-worth: $1.6 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 833/ $1.5 billion
Age: 52
Hedge Fund: York Capital Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Glenn Dubin
YouTube
Rank: 764
Net-worth: $1.7 billion
Previous Rank/Net-worth: 736/ $1.7 billion
Age: 54
Hedge Fund: Highbridge Capital
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Alan Howard
Rank: 634
Net-worth: $2 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 692/ $1.8 billion
Age: 48
Hedge fund: Brevan Howard
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Leon Cooperman
BloombergTV
Rank: 634
Net-worth: $2 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 692/ $1.8 billion
Age: 68
Hedge Fund: Omega Advisors
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Israel Englander
YouTube
Rank: 546
Net-worth: $2.3 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 651/ $1.9 billion
Age: 63
Hedge Fund: Millennium Partners
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Julian Robertson
CNBC.com
Rank: 491
Net-worth: $2.5 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 512/ $2.3 billion
Age: 80
Hedge Fund: Tiger Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Stanley Druckenmiller
AP Images
Rank: 491
Net-worth: $2.5 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 459/ $2.5 billion
Age: 58
Hedge Fund: Duquesne Capital Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Daniel Och
P Base
Rank: 464
Net-worth: $2.6 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 336/ $3.3 billion
Age: 51
Hedge Fund: Och-Ziff Capital Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
David Shaw
DE Shaw
Rank: 377
Net-worth: $3 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 540/ $2.2 billion
Age: 60
Hedge Fund: D. E. Shaw & Co.
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Ken Griffin
Milken Institute
Rank: 377
Net-worth: $3 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 512/ $2.3 billion
Age: 43
Hedge Fund: Citadel
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Eddie Lampert
The Deal Sleuth
Rank: 367
Net worth: $3.1 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 304/ $3.6 billion
Age: 49
Hedge fund: ESL Investments
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
John Arnold
Rank: 337
Net-worth: $3 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 336/ $3.3 billion
Age: 38
Hedge Fund: Centaurus Advisors
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Paul Tudor Jones II
Vimeo
Rank: 334
Net-worth: $3.4 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 336/ $3.3 billion
Age: 57
Hedge Fund: Tudor Investment Corp.
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Bruce Kovner
Kovner pictured on the far left.
Getty Images/ Michael Loccisano/Staff
Rank: 232
Net-worth: $4.5 billion
Previous Rank/Net-worth: 235/ $4.5 billion
Age: 67
Hedge Fund: Caxton Associates
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
David Tepper
Rank: 199
Net-worth: $5.4 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 208/ $5 billion
Age: 54
Hedge Fund: Appaloosa Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Steve Cohen
New York magazine
Rank: 106
Net-worth: $8.3 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 114/ $8 billion
Age: 56
Hedge Fund: SAC
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
Ray Dalio
Rank: 88
Net worth: $10 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 162/ $6 billion
Age: 62
Hedge fund: Bridgewater Associates
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
James Simons
Rank: 82
Net-worth: $10.7 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 74/ $10.6 billion
Age: 73
Hedge Fund: Renaissance Technologies
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
John Paulson
Rank: 61
Net-worth: $12.5 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 39/ $16 billion
Age: 56
Hedge Fund: Paulson & Co.
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
George Soros
Rank: 22
Net-worth: $20 billion
Previous Rank/ Net-worth: 46/ $14.5 billion
Age: 81
Hedge Fund: Soros Fund Management
Source: Forbes’ “World’s Billionaires”
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