"Leading the pack, David Tepper of Appaloosa Management made $4 billion, in part by betting successfully that the government would bail out the big banks. John Paulson, of Paulson & Company, made $2.3 billion by buying back bank stocks he shorted in 2008.
The runner-up in the ranking was George Soros, the Hungarian migr who has become better known in recent years for supporting Democratic candidates and making political headlines than for picking stocks. His fund, Quantum Endowment, grew 29 percent in 2009, earning Mr. Soros $3.3 billion in fees and investment gains.
And a year after his fund received $200 million in the bailout of the American International Group, Kenneth Griffin of the Citadel Investment Group made $900 million."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/business/01hedge.html?scp=2&sq=soros&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/opinion/04sun2.html
The runner-up in the ranking was George Soros, the Hungarian migr who has become better known in recent years for supporting Democratic candidates and making political headlines than for picking stocks. His fund, Quantum Endowment, grew 29 percent in 2009, earning Mr. Soros $3.3 billion in fees and investment gains.
And a year after his fund received $200 million in the bailout of the American International Group, Kenneth Griffin of the Citadel Investment Group made $900 million."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/business/01hedge.html?scp=2&sq=soros&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/opinion/04sun2.html