The 30th annual Forbes 400 list of billionaires is out. The number of hedge fund managers on the list jumped this year. An astonishing 39 hedge funders are on the list of the world's billionaires list, up from 28 billionaire hedge fund managers last year. Some of the managers are names you'll know, like John Paulson and George Soros, but there are also some names you might not be so familiar with, like Thomas Sandell, who made the cut.
Charles Munger - Net worth: $1 billion; Age: 87 Hedge fund: Berkshire Hathaway
Thomas Sandell - Net worth: $1.1 billion; Age: 50 Hedge fund: Sandell Asset Management (Fun factoid: He's from Sweden and he's a badminton prodigy.)
James Dinan - Net worth: $1.2 billion; Age: 52 Hedge fund: York Capital Management (Fun factoid: He lost his entire life savings in 1987 on "Black Monday," but bounced back when he founded York Capital in 1991.)
Henry Swieca - Net worth: $1.25 billion; Age: 54 Hedge fund: Talpion Fund Management and co-founder of Highbridge (Fun factoid: He met his Highbridge co-founder Glenn Dubin growing up in Washington Heights. They both shared peanut butter-and-banana sandwiches.)
T. Boone Pickens - Net worth: $1.45 billion; Age: 83 Hedge fund: BP Capital (Fun fact: His first job was running a paper route).
Peter Thiel - Net worth: $1.5 billion; Age: 43 Hedge fund: Clarium Capital (Fun fact: He's Milton Friedman's grandson.)
David Shaw - Net worth: $2.1 billion Age: 60 Hedge fund: D.E. Shaw & Co. (Fun factoid: He has his PhD. from Stanford University.)
Phil Falcone - Net worth: $2.2 billion Age: 49 Hedge fund: Harbinger Capital Partners (Fun factoid: He's the youngest of nine children.)
Find out who else is on the list at http://www.businessinsider.com/meet-the-richest-hedge-fund-managers-in-the-world-2011-9-21
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