George Soros

George Soros famously known as "the Man Who Broke the Bank of England" after he made $1 billion in 1992, is a Hungarian-American hedge fund manager. Graduating from the London School of Economics in 1952, he started his career in the London merchant bank of Singer & Friedlander. He shifted to New York City and his career took off, in 1956 He earned huge profits from investments and currency speculation. He is ranked 35th on the list of the world's richest people, with an estimated net worth of $14.2 billion, according to Forbes.

Soros returned an average of 30.5 percent per year between 1969 and 2000. In 2007, Soros came back from retirement after the quant liquidity crisis and handled to generate a 32 percent return for the year. In 2008, the worst year for most hedge funds, Soros managed to return 8 percent. Soros also returned 29 percent in 2009, earning $3.3 billion in fees and investment gains. The best bets of George are American Express, 7 percent, IBM, 6 percent; Wells Fargo, 5.6 percent.