There are some notable investors that are not on the list, Julian Robertson, for instance. But having the pleasure or displeasure of knowing some of the people mentioned. I actually think Michael Bloomberg have made a far bigger impact in the financial scene, and make far more money too. He turned a small $10M partnership share in Solly into now a $6B revenue a year firm, while private, is highly profitable (private estimates in the 15-20% range). But it is an interesting list, Brumfield, Baldwin, Hull, how about Joe / Mark Ritchie? Or John Stafford, how about Billy / Eddie O'Connor (O'Connor associates). There are some odd names, how about Sandy Bernstein? Maybe I am just weird.
None of them. If you are follower, forget trading. Master the market and you master yourself. [/QUOTE] Master yourself ... and you'll find there is nothing left to master anymore.
Stanley Kroll. Knew him well. http://home.netvigator.com/~raymondo/MMD_Stanley_Kroll.htm For info on some others: http://home.netvigator.com/~raymondo/MMD_main.htm
good point, what bloomberg did is extremely impressive i totally agree with you about that...i guess i made the mistake of thinking of him more as a businessman and less as a trader. There's no arguing that bloomberg is a cash machine. hull/petterfy i picked mostly because i was impressed from afar by their use of automation, reaching electronic markets early and the infrastructure they built for making markets. i was thinknig of petterfy for timber hill not IB. I was friends with a quant who worked at Hull and what i learned from him has influenced the way i look at markets and trading ever since. The other names you mention are familiar and might be as good or better i'm just ignorant about them. Was Shaw mentioned yet?