He rose to international fame in 1992 as the trader who broke the Bank of England, netting a profit of $1 billion after short-selling a reported $10 billion in British pound sterling (GBP). On Sept. 16, 1992, the U.K. withdrew the currency from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism after failing to maintain the required trading band due to Soros’ trade, solidifying a day known as Black Wednesday in history.

This incredible trade is a highlight of his career and cemented his title of one of the top traders of all time. Soros is currently one of the 200 wealthiest individuals in the world.

Soros’ notoriety made him a hedge fund tycoon overnight and that reputation alone allowed him to manage countless clients till his retirement in 2011. Soros founded a firm that specializes in managing hedge funds called the Soros Fund Management, LLC. Under his management, this firm went on to generate a mind-boggling income of $40 billion which later spawned many other corporations under his name. As of 2018, George Soros had a net worth of $8 billion most of which he invests in his businesses or gives away to charitable causes.

As of September 2020, George Soros’ net worth amounts to $10 billion. Sometimes his net worth value stood at $25 billion. But he transferred $18 billion to his charity foundation Open Society Foundations which works in more than 100 countries.

He started his journey as a commodity trader. He working as a commodities trader in the NYSE. In 1980, he founded his own company called Tudor Investment Corporation. There, he was a hedge fund manager who was famous for taking part in macro trading. He mainly bet on fluctuations in interest rates and the forex market.

In October 1987, he made a profit of 62%, just by holding short position trading, when the markets were crashing. That year, he continued to earn 100 millions USD for his company. It felt like nothing can stop him at that time. In the period between 1992 and 1995, he was the Chairman of the NYSE and the top of the list of successful forex traders. In 2013, Tudor Jones obtained the profit of 14.3% for his company mainly because of his bet against the Japanese stock exchange and the Japanese Yen.

During his career, he experienced a big loss. Due to one bad trading decision he lost his entire capital. After this event, he gave more notice to risk management, which he carried on throughout his further career.

Co-founder and former director of Hathersage Capital Management, has gained popularity among millions of traders after successfully managing to turn $12,000, inherited from the grandmother in billions of dollars, helping Salomon Brothers make $300 million a year. While Bill Lipschutz net worth is not known, he is easily among the best Forex traders out there.

They were not disappointed. In fact, in 1987 Andrew Kreiger identified the New Zealand dollar to be very overvalued. As a result, he placed short positions for NZD, using 1:400 leverage. It goes without saying that this was a quite risky bet. Yet, it paid off quite well. As the New Zealand dollar fell by 5% against the US dollar, Kreiger has earned $300 million for the firm. Later in his life, he also worked for the Quantum Fund with George Soros.

After earning $300 million in selling the New Zealand currency, Andrew Krieger became famous in the trading field. In 1988 he started working for Soros Management Fund and later changed it to Northbridge Capital Management. He is also known for his philanthropic work – after the tsunami in 2004, he donated $350,000 for the victims.

Since the founding of Caxton Associates, the fund’s average annual return has been 21 percent compared with the S&P 500 average gain of 11 percent. Bruce Kovner only had in 1994 a loss in 20 years of fund management. Before founding Caxton Associates, Bruce Kovner also achieved an unprecedented record on the commodity exchange, with a 90% return on 10 years of operation. This is really an achievement that very few experts can achieve in terms of both trading on the commodity floor and the efficiency of investment in the stock market.

His net worth is only second to the richest forex trader in this list, George Soros.