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$115 Billion In One Year: Top 20 Hedge Fund Managers Earn As Much As Bottom 9% Of US Households

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Jacob Wolinsky
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From 2014 through 2025, the Top 20 hedge fund managers generated $594 billion in net gains. By 2025, their single-year earnings matched the total annual income of the bottom 8.6% of U.S. households - roughly 11.7 million households.

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Since Inception

Over the twelve-year period from 2014 through 2025, the world's twenty highest-earning hedge fund managers generated $594 billion in net gains, according to annual rankings published by Edmond de Rothschild (formerly LCH Investments). Their lifetime cumulative gains now stand at $969.8 billion - just $30.2 billion from the $1 trillion mark.

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A Decade of Acceleration

The pace has accelerated...

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Jacob Wolinsky is the ex-Founder of Valuewalk.com (founded 2011, sold 2023). He is founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a hedge fund focused intelligence service for institutional investors. Prior to founding Valuewalk, Jacob covered small caps, worked recruiting members for a large hedge fund community and freelance financial journalism. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic Park NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal ID. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: Most of my portfolio is in I mostly purchase broad-based ETFs, mutual funds or individual bonds - I do this for performance reasons and to avoid any potential conflict of interest or occasional receipt of insider information. I will disclose if I have a stake in any company, but in general I have few stocks and I avoid any trading especially around topics I am covering.