Rank #448
Paul Tudor Jones II
Net worth $8.1B
Hedge funds · United States
- Born
- Sep 28, 1954
- Age
- 71
- Source
- Hedge funds
- Residence
- Palm Beach, Florida
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 4
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, University of Virginia
Net worth over time
Biography
- Hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones II is known for his macro trades, particularly his bets on interest rates and currencies.
- In 1980, he founded Tudor Investment Corporation, which now manages some $17 billion in assets.
- Jones got his start at his dad's small business paper, the Memphis Daily News, where he wrote under the name Paul Eagle in high school and college.
- He cut his teeth trading cotton futures at the New York Cotton Exchange, under the tutelage of renowned cotton trader Eli Tullis.
- In 1988, he cofounded the Robin Hood Foundation, with the goal of reducing poverty in New York City.
- Jones, who was a boxing champion in college, took up the sport after he failed to score a single point in sixth grade basketball.
- In 2013 he cofounded Just Capital, a nonprofit research outfit that ranks Russell 1000 companies based on their impact on the environment, communities, and more.