54 Hedge Fund managers join the 1,000 richest people in Britain

April 27, 2012 by Chris Skinner

There are 54 hedge fund managers among the Richest 1,000 people in Britain in The Sunday Times Rich List 2012, to be published this weekend.

THE 20 RICHEST HEDGE FUND MILLIONAIRES

	Name	Hedge fund	2012 wealth	2011 wealth
1	Alan Howard	Brevan Howard	£1,400m	£975m
2	Robert Miller	Sail Advisors	£955m	£1,000m
3	David Harding	Winton Capital	£800m	£410m
4	Michael Platt	Bluecrest Capital	£650m	£525m
5	Michael Hintze	CQS	£580m	£550m
6	Crispin Odey and Nichola Pease	Odey Asset Management	£455m	£453m
7	Sir John Beckwith	Rivercrest Capital	£350m	£350m
8	Stephen Butt	Silchester Partners	£340m	£325m
9=	Paul Marshall	Marshall Wace	£315m	£300m
9=	Ian Wace	Marshall Wace	£315m	£300m
11=	Steven Heinz	Lansdowne Partners	£270m	£270m
11=	Sir Paul Ruddock	Lansdowne Partners	£270m	£270m
13=	Andy Hall	Astenbeck Capital Management	£260m	£250m
13=	Greg Coffey	GC Macro Fund	£260m	£252m
15=	Martin Hughes	Toscafund	£250m	£226m
15=	Chris Levett	Clive Capital	£250m	New
17=	William Arah	Marathon Asset Management	£230m	£193m
17=	Jeremy Hosking	Marathon Asset Management	£230m	£193m
17=	Neil Ostrer	Marathon Asset Management	£230m	£193m
17=	Chris Rokos	Brevan Howard	£230m	£130m
17=	Hugh Sloane	Sloane Robinson	£230m	£220m

Alan Howard, who co-founded the Geneva-based hedge fund Brevan Howard in 2002, has trebled his personal wealth since 2009, to become one of the new billionaires in The Sunday Times Rich List 2012.

The Brevan Howard hedge fund had a stellar 2011, generating fees of $1.5 billion. The lion’s share will have gone to Howard. His personal fortune is now estimated to be £1.4 billion, up from £975m in 2011. In the 2009, Howard was worth £375m.

Brevan Howard’s successful year has also added £130m to the personal fortune of Chris Rokos, 41, who joins the hedge fund top 20 at 17=, worth £230m.

The highest riser in the hedge fund league is David Harding, 50, in 3^rd place, worth £800m. Harding has almost doubled his personal fortune on the strength of soaring profits at Winton Capital.

A new entrant to this year’s Rich List is Chris Levett, worth £250m, who launched London-based Clive Capital in 2007. Clive Capital is the world’s biggest commodities hedge fund with $4 billion under management.

The 24^th annual Sunday Times Rich List is published on Sunday, April 29, and profiles the 1,000 richest people and families in the UK and the 250 wealthiest in the island of Ireland.

The list is based on identifiable wealth (land, property, other assets such as art and racehorses, or significant shares in publicly quoted companies), and excludes bank accounts (to which the paper has no access).

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