8. Paul Tudor Jones

Profession: Owner & Founder of Tudor Investment Corporation

Popular ever since: Predicting 1987 Black Monday

Paul Tudor Jones gained media attention after he successfully predicted the stock market crash on a Monday morning in 1987. His prediction helped his clients to earn double profit from their investments. In 2009, Paul Tudor Jones net assets were worth around $6.3 billion. Other than trading, he also runs the Robin Hood Foundation of New York in order to moderate poverty in New York City.

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7. James Jim Simons

Profession: Founder of Renaissance Technologies

Popular ever since: Founding Quant Trading

James Jim Simons is a mathematician, poker player and also code-breaker. He established the Renaissance Technologies, a fund management company, which initiated and popularized quantitative trading technique that helped several traders to gain from trading in all kinds’ market conditions. His fund management firm has made more than 30 percent of yearly profits in the last 20 years. In January 2010 Simons took retirement from the firm and became the President of Euclidean Capital.

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