Billionaire of the yearDavid Tepper made bucketloads of cash by betting that banks had been oversold early in 2009.
According to the story, Tepper has pocketed about US$2.5 billion of his hedge fund firm's profit this year. I suppose that explains the cheesy grin (but not the squint, the cheap PC in the background, the rumpled tieless shirt or the rolled up trousers - why is he dressed like a journalist?).
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