John Arnold (original) (raw)
- John Arnold shocked the hedge fund world in 2012 when, at just 38 years old, he announced he would no longer manage other people's money.
- A hugely successful energy trader, Arnold once worked at Enron, earning the disgraced company a reported $750 million the year it went bankrupt.
- From its ashes, Arnold built his own hedge fund, Centaurus Advisors.
- In recent years Arnold has invested in solar farms and deepwater oil developments in the Gulf of Mexico.
- He and his wife Laura's Arnold Ventures focuses on reforming criminal justice, higher education, health, infrastructure and public finance
Wealth History
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Personal Stats
Age
50
Source of Wealth
Hedge funds, Self Made
8
5
Residence
Houston, Texas
Citizenship
United States
Marital Status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Vanderbilt University
Did you know
As a kid, Arnold's earliest trades included buying hockey cards in Texas and selling them in Canada. "Looking back what I was doing was geographic arbitrage."
The Arnolds' impact investing includes CivicaRx, which plans to manufacture 14 generic drugs and sell them cheap.
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