Telegraph – Unlike the investment banking species, the hedgie is not a sociable creature. Little is revealed about who they are, what they look like, or indeed how much they make for themselves and their clients. There are a couple of notable exceptions; George Soros who is known for making $1 billion (£610 million) in a DAY by betting against the pound back on Black Wednesday 1992, and there’s Arki Busson, who is really known for being the Magritte-like moneyed suit behind then Elle McPherson and now Uma Thurman. Whatever little we know, most of us assume that those who inhabit this mysterious world of long and short trading are men.
The other thing most people know is that hedge fund managers make A LOT of money. Their kind of wealth really surpasses most investment bankers. We’re often talking nine figures for the really successful ones, not a paltry six or seven. Indeed, if you thumb through the list of the top HFMs by what they’re worth, those at the top are in the multi-billion dollar category. Again, all men. Rich ones.
