One Man Made $5 Billion Last Year 11.30K Hamilton Nolan 01/28/11 12:21PM Filed to: the rich the rich john paulson Hedge Funds Billionaires Money Matters insanity Appic Tweetg Tweetv John Paulson, who runs his own hedge fund, made $4 billion in 2007, inspiring the book The Greatest Trade Ever. Time for another book. Last year, Paulson made $5 billion. To put that figure into perspective: that's insane. [WSJ]