Top 25 better paid hedge fund managers in 2008

Top 25 list of hedge fund managers by revenues in 2008 (source:marketfolly.com and alpha magazine). 

The mathematician James Simons was the first with $ 2,500 billion. George Soros, although it has earned a third of the 2007 revenues (see the list in 2007, and the 4 highest paid in the 2006), it has received $1.100 billion.

John Horseman, one of the top 20 Hedge Fund managers best payed in 2008, said he will step down from the Horseman Global Fund Ltd. after its value fell more than 20% this year. After more than 30 years in the Hedge Fund industry, as a fund manager in Gam Intl. Management, John started his firm in july 2000.

His flagship Horseman Global fund has made a compounded 16 percent return since inception (febreury 2001), according to the letter sended to investors. Also, John Horseman explained his disappointment with the outlook in financial markets. He is bearish but stock indexs are in positive territory this year:  but exactly wrote: “for personal reasons and also because of how I perceive the investment environment.”

Other veteran hedge fund managers have quit this year including Raptor Global’s James Pallotta, Cantillon Capital Management LLC’s founder William von Mueffling and Atticus Capital LP’s Timothy Barakett.

2009 performance for James Simons (Renaissance Tech. hedge fund), John Horseman (Horseman Capital) and Pether Thiel (Clarium Capital) until june-09.