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Benjamin Graham
American economist and investor (1894-1976)
Carl Icahn
American businessman
Barry Diller
American businessman

Bill Ackman
William Albert Ackman is an American billionaire hedge fund manager who is the founder and chief executive of Pershing Square Capital Management, an investment management company. He has been described as an activist investor. As of April 2026, Ackman's net worth was estimated at $8 billion by Bloomberg.
John Paulson
American family office manager
Ivan Boesky
American stock trader (1937–2024)
David Tepper
American businessman
Elliott Investment Management
American hedge fund
activist shareholder
shareholder that uses an equity stake in a corporation to influence management

T. Boone Pickens
American financier; Chairman, BP Capital Management (1928-2019)

Irving Kahn
American value investor and money manager
Isaac Le Maire
Dutch merchant (1558-1624)
The Children's Investment Fund Management
Hedge Fund Company

Nelson Peltz
Nelson Peltz is an American billionaire businessman and investor. He is a founding partner, together with Peter W. May and Edward P. Garden, of Trian Partners, an alternative investment management fund based in New York. He is a former director of Heinz, Mondelēz International, and Ingersoll Rand and a former CEO of Triangle Industries.
Paul Singer
American businessman
David Einhorn
American hedge fund manager
Christer Gardell
Swedish businessman
Larry Robbins
American financier
Emmanuel Lemelson
American businessman, hedge fund manager and priest
Mario Gabelli
American businessman