Richest Forex Traders You Should Know

Elliot Chang

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George Soros
His birth name is Schwartz György, born on August 12th, 1930 in Hungary.

He studied in the London School of Economics and Political Science and graduated in Philosophy in 1952. While at school, he had already started making trades.

As of February 2018, he had a net worth of $8 billion.

He is more popular as the “Man Who Broke the Bank of England” for his huge pound short position during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK crisis.

Joe Lewis
Born on February 5, 1937 in London.

When he was young, he had already expressed his gift in business. He left school at 15 to help run his family business.

In September 1992, he collaborated with George Soros to bet contrary to the Sterling Pound, which led to the Black Wednesday.

He made even more than Soros then, which is more than 1.8 billion dollars.

Lewis has a net worth of £4.358 billion, an increase of £462 million from 2018.

Paul Tudor Jones
At the age of 64, he is considered one of the wealthiest day traders alive to this day, with a net worth at 4.5 billion USD in a 2018 data.

Jones went to the University of Virginia.

He graduated with a degree in Economics in 1976. After turning down Harvard Business School, he kept working as a commodities trader in the NYSE.

In 1980, he founded his own company called Tudor Investment Corporation.

Jones mainly bet on fluctuations in interest rates and the forex market.

Martin Schwartz
Schwartz is known for winning the US Investing Championships in 1984 by trading stocks, forex, and options.

The writer of Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street’s Champion Day Trader.

He at first worked as a financial analyst at EF Hutton.

He also traded on the American Stock Exchange for options and futures, making $600,000 in his first year as an independent trader and gained $1.2 million in two years.

Owner of numerous champion horses, gathering several major racing wins such as the Meadowlands Cup, Coronation Stakes, Prix de Diane, Prix Vermeille, and Prix Vanteux.

Stanley Druckenmiller
For more than a decade, Druckenmiller managed money for Soros.

He was the lead portfolio manager of the Quantum Fund.

He was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in a middle-class household.

He went on to receive a BA in English and Economics but dropped out of a PhD program at the University of Michigan. This is to take a position as an oil analyst for Pittsburg National Bank.

Druckenmiller stayed with the bank for a year before producing his own firm Duquesne Capital Management.

In 1988, he was hired by George Soros to trade for the Quantum Fund.

In 2009 he was dubbed as one of the most charitable men in America for donating over $700 million in fundraisers supporting medical research, education, and anti-poverty efforts.

His net worth is 4.7 billion USD as of 2019.

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George Soros
His birth name is Schwartz György, born on August 12th, 1930 in Hungary.

He studied in the London School of Economics and Political Science and graduated in Philosophy in 1952. While at school, he had already started making trades.

As of February 2018, he had a net worth of $8 billion.

He is more popular as the “Man Who Broke the Bank of England” for his huge pound short position during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK crisis.

Joe Lewis
Born on February 5, 1937 in London.

When he was young, he had already expressed his gift in business. He left school at 15 to help run his family business.

In September 1992, he collaborated with George Soros to bet contrary to the Sterling Pound, which led to the Black Wednesday.

He made even more than Soros then, which is more than 1.8 billion dollars.

Lewis has a net worth of £4.358 billion, an increase of £462 million from 2018.

Paul Tudor Jones
At the age of 64, he is considered one of the wealthiest day traders alive to this day, with a net worth at 4.5 billion USD in a 2018 data.

Jones went to the University of Virginia.

He graduated with a degree in Economics in 1976. After turning down Harvard Business School, he kept working as a commodities trader in the NYSE.

In 1980, he founded his own company called Tudor Investment Corporation.

Jones mainly bet on fluctuations in interest rates and the forex market.

Martin Schwartz
Schwartz is known for winning the US Investing Championships in 1984 by trading stocks, forex, and options.

The writer of Pit Bull: Lessons from Wall Street’s Champion Day Trader.

He at first worked as a financial analyst at EF Hutton.

He also traded on the American Stock Exchange for options and futures, making $600,000 in his first year as an independent trader and gained $1.2 million in two years.

Owner of numerous champion horses, gathering several major racing wins such as the Meadowlands Cup, Coronation Stakes, Prix de Diane, Prix Vermeille, and Prix Vanteux.

Stanley Druckenmiller
For more than a decade, Druckenmiller managed money for Soros.

He was the lead portfolio manager of the Quantum Fund.

He was born in Pennsylvania and grew up in a middle-class household.

He went on to receive a BA in English and Economics but dropped out of a PhD program at the University of Michigan. This is to take a position as an oil analyst for Pittsburg National Bank.

Druckenmiller stayed with the bank for a year before producing his own firm Duquesne Capital Management.

In 1988, he was hired by George Soros to trade for the Quantum Fund.

In 2009 he was dubbed as one of the most charitable men in America for donating over $700 million in fundraisers supporting medical research, education, and anti-poverty efforts.

His net worth is 4.7 billion USD as of 2019.
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super interesting will take some time to read the full article. thanks for sharing
 
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I was familiar with George Soros and Martin Schwartz but didn't know about the others. Love reading about where the richest traders cme from and how they managed to achieve success.