According to the inaugural ranking of hedge fund managers by news outlet Bloomberg, the top ten highest-earning hedge fund managers made a mouth-watering $7.7 billion in 2018. James Simmons led the inaugural list, earning $1.2 billion in additional income in 2018, which saw his net worth swell to $16.55 billion. His hedge fund, Renaissance Technologies, is one of the largest hedge funds by assets under management, with over $80 billion in assets as at the close of last year. The top five was rounded up by Ray Dalio (Bridgewater Associates, $1.26 billion), Bitcoin-bashing Ken Griffin (Citadel, $870 million), John Overdeck
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