I would suggest the number may be a "tad" higher because when that news broke, there was approximately 1.2 million shares sold in what appeared to be 3 massive 400k share chunks from 11 down to 10. No institutional player would have liquidated in the post market hours. I bought 250k from one of these orders from 10.50 to 10.10 - yes it paid nicely.
OK, he IS a monster, trading-wise. ......but what happened in those first 6 months at Centaurus ? Were they down big or what ?
Don't know about his career at Centaurus but when he was working for enron he punked some firm that was overleveraged in a natural gas position I believe. I think over 40-50% of his wealth was from that.
I am not sure if we are talking about the same trade. But if by punked you mean gave them a don't know or did not deliver - you might be correct. One of the traders in my office (back then) worked for an energy trading concern in Greenwich. Enron - screwed them out of millions so they had to close their doors and not deliver on their trades.
The wiki states that he earned $8MM in his final year at Enron and used the funds to start Centaurus. He earned $750MM for Enron that year, but netted $8MM personally.