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The Top 10 Investors

A look at the individuals who are changing the way money changes hands

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(Newser) – Not only are these investors sitting on mountains of doubloons—a sure sign of financial savvy—but they have also changed the way people think about money and investing.

  1. John Bogle, founder, the Vanguard Group. Now president, Bogle Financial Markets Research Center.
  2. Warren Buffett, CEO and chairman, Berkshire Hathaway.
  3. David Shaw, chairman, president, and CEO, D.E. Shaw & Co. Also founder, adviser, and partner in firms including IDEXX Laboratories, Black Point Partners, Stanford Systems, and Attenuon.
  4. G. Kenneth Heebner, chairman, Capital Growth Management Limited.
  5. Bill Gross, chief investment officer, Pacific Investment Management Co., which he helped found in 1971.

  1. John Templeton, founder, Templeton Growth, which the Franklin Group bought in 1992. Chairman, John M. Templeton Foundation.
  2. Carl Icahn, chairman and president, Icahn & Co.
  3. David Swensen, chief investment officer, Yale University Endowment Fund.
  4. George Soros, chairman, Soros Fund Management; chairman, Open Society Institute; founder, Grove Capital.
  5. Stephen Schwarzman, co-founder, chairman, and CEO, the Blackstone Group.

John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, poses for photograph October 18, 2005, in his office on the mutal-fund giant's campus in Malvern, Pennsylvania. His fifth book,
John Bogle, founder of The Vanguard Group, poses for photograph October 18, 2005, in his office on the mutal-fund giant's campus in Malvern, Pennsylvania. His fifth book, "The Battle for the Soul of C   (KRT Photos)
Billionaire investor George Soros speaks at the Ethanol Summit in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, June 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
Billionaire investor George Soros speaks at the Ethanol Summit in Sao Paulo, Tuesday, June 5, 2007. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)   (Associated Press)
U.S. financier George Soros gestures during a meeting with the Indian business leaders, in New Delhi, in this Dec. 19, 2006 file photo. With Congress always looking for new ways to boost tax receipts and protect individual investors, it's natural for hedge fund managers to worry that they have...
U.S. financier George Soros gestures during a meeting with the Indian business leaders, in New Delhi, in this Dec. 19, 2006 file photo. With Congress always looking for new ways to boost tax receipts...   (Associated Press)
The life size statue of John Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, is shown October 20, 2005, at the headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Bogle, 76, has written his fifth book,
The life size statue of John Bogle, the founder of the Vanguard Group, is shown October 20, 2005, at the headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania. Bogle, 76, has written his fifth book, "The Battle for t   (KRT Photos)
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