JESSE LAURISTON LIVERMORE (1877–1940) WAS AN AMERICAN TRADER FAMOUS FOR BOTH COLOSSAL GAINS AND LOSSES IN THE MARKET. HE SUCCESSFULLY SHORTED THE 1929 MARKET CRASH, BUILDING HIS FORTUNE TO $100 MILLION.

WD GANN (1878–1955) WAS A TRADER WHO USED MARKET FORECASTING METHODS BASED ON GEOMETRY, ASTROLOGY, AND ANCIENT MATHEMATICS AS WELL AS TRADING MASTERS.

HUNGARIAN-BORN GEORGE SOROS IS THE CHAIRMAN OF SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT, ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL FIRMS IN THE HISTORY OF THE HEDGE FUND INDUSTRY.

JAMES ROGERS, JR. CO-FOUNDED THE QUANTUM FUND ALONG WITH GEORGE SOROS IN THE EARLY 1970S, WHICH GAINED A STAGGERING 4200% OVER 10 YEARS.

STEVEN COHEN (BORN 1956) FOUNDED SAC CAPITAL ADVISORS, A LEADING HEDGE FUND FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON TRADING EQUITIES. IN 2013, SAC WAS CHARGED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WITH FAILING TO PREVENT INSIDER TRADING AND LATER AGREED TO PAY A $1.2 BILLION FINE.

JOHN PAULSON ROSE TO THE TOP OF THE FINANCIAL WORLD AFTER MAKING BILLIONS IN 2007 BY USING CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS TO SELL SHORT THE US SUBPRIME MORTGAGE MARKET.

DAVID TEPPER IS FOUNDER OF HEDGE FUND APPALOOSA MANAGEMENT AND IS KNOWN AS A SPECIALIST IN DISTRESSED DEBT INVESTING.

NICHOLAS LEESON IS THE ROGUE TRADER WHO FAMOUSLY CAUSED THE COLLAPSE OF BARINGS BANK AND LATER BECAME CEO OF IRISH FOOTBALL CLUB GALWAY UNITED.