These were the top 15 highest-earning hedge funders in 2020

Chase Coleman

The COVID-19 pandemic presented a volatile environment for the stock market in 2020, offering prime conditions for well-positioned hedge fund managers to rake in big gains.

The top 15 best-earning hedge fund managers made a combined $23.2 billion in 2020, according to a report from Bloomberg. The earnings came from a mix of fund performance fees and gains on personal investment in the fund.

The list includes familiar names like Bill Ackman and Steve Cohen, as well as Gabe Plotkin of Melvin Capital, which lost 53% in January after it was caught on the wrong side of the GameStop short-squeeze.

These were the top-15 earning hedge fund managers in 2020, according to Bloomberg. 

15. Gabe Plotkin

Hedge Fund: Melvin Capital
Earnings: $846 million
Fund Return: 53%

14. David Shaw

Hedge Fund: D.E. Shaw
Earnings: $856 million
Fund Return: 19%

13. Andreas Halvorsen

Hedge Fund: Viking
Earnings: $923 million
Fund Return: 27%

12. Joe Edelman

Hedge Fund: Perceptive
Earnings: $969 million
Fund Return: 29%

11. Chris Hohn

Hedge Fund: TCI
Earnings: $1.0 billion
Fund Return: 14%

10. Dan Sundheim

Hedge Fund: D1
Earnings: $1.1 billion
Fund Return: 54%

9. Bill Ackman

Hedge Fund: Pershing Square
Earnings: $1.3 billion
Fund Return: 70%

8. Jeff Talpins

Hedge Fund: Element
Earnings: $1.3 billion
Fund Return: 19%

7. Steve Cohen

Hedge Fund: Point72
Earnings: $1.6 billion
Fund Return: 17%

6. Philippe Laffont

Hedge Fund: Coatue
Earnings: $1.7 billion
Fund Return: 65%

5. Ken Griffin

Hedge Fund: Citadel
Earnings: $1.8 billion
Fund Return: 24%

4. Stephen Mandel

Hedge Fund: Lone Pine
Earnings: $1.8 billion
Fund Return: 23%

3. Izzy Englander

Hedge Fund: Millenium
Earnings: $2.2 billion
Fund Return: 26%

2. Jim Simons

Hedge Fund: Renaissance
Earnings: $2.6 billion
Fund Return: 76%

1. Chase Coleman

Hedge Fund: Tiger Global
Earnings: $3.0 billion
Fund Return: 48%

*The income estimates are based on performance of each firm's major funds, SEC filings, and Bloomberg reporting. 

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