Best credit long/short and merger arbitrage fund: Paulson & Co

Hedge Fund Poll: The world’s best hedge fund managers

Hedge Fund Poll: The world’s best hedge fund managers

 John Paulson, Founder of Paulson & Company

Unassuming and softly spoken, John Paulson makes an unlikely hedge fund manager. However, he is one of the most successful, and regarded by many as the king of merger arbitrage. He started his fund, Paulson & Company, in 1994 after a career with Bear Stearns in M&A and then as a partner at Gruss & Partners, a merger arbitrage specialist. In December, when Euromoney interviewed him, his fund management firm had $6 billion in assets.

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