Andy Krieger joined Banker’s Trust in 1986 after leaving a position at Salomon Brothers. He acquired an immediate reputation as a successful trader, and the company rewarded him by increasing his capital limit to $700 million, significantly more than the standard $50 million limit. This bankroll put him in a perfect position to profit from ...

Stanley Druckenmiller grew up in a middle-class suburban Philadelphia family and began his financial career in 1977 as a management trainee at a Pittsburgh bank.6 7 He quickly rose to success and formed his company, Duquesne Capital Management, four years later. Druckenmiller then successfully managed money for George Soros for several years in his role ...

George Soros was born in 1930 and began his financial career at Singer and Friedlander in London after escaping Nazi-occupied Hungary during World War II.1 He worked at a series of financial firms until he established Soros Fund Management in 1970.2 The firm has reportedly gone on to generate more than $40 billion in profits ...