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John Paulson

1955 - Today

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John Alfred Paulson (born December 14, 1955) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager. He leads Paulson & Co., a New York–based investment management firm he founded in 1994. He has been called "one of the most prominent names in high finance". He acquired much of his fortune in 2007 when he earned almost $4 billion and was transformed "from an obscure money manager into a financial legend" by using credit default swaps to effectively bet against the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Paulson has received more than 1,692,960 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Paulson is the 723rd most popular social activist, the 15,003rd most popular biography from United States and the 128th most popular American Social Activist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, John Paulson ranks 723 out of 840. Before him are Ronan Farrow, Nils Muižnieks, Crystal Eastman, Valery Levaneuski, Anna Hutsol, and Ni Yulan. After him are Inez Milholland, Roman Protasevich, Cenk Uygur, Kumi Naidoo, Karla Avelar, and Lina Ben Mhenni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, John Paulson ranks 683. Before him are Darrell Hammond, David J. Tholen, Sheldon Whitehouse, René Valenzuela, José Pilar Reyes, and Flip Saunders. After him are Gedde Watanabe, Lusia Harris, Geraldine Brooks, Vinod Khosla, Stoyanka Kurbatova, and Thomas David Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Paulson ranks 15,003 out of 20,380. Before him are Pete Domenici (1932), Lisa Vidal (1965), Damon Wayans Jr. (1982), Jeff Farrell (1937), Terry Date (1956), and Tony Revolori (1996). After him are Fred Kerley (1995), John Ingle (1928), Emilie Autumn (1979), Ryan McPartlin (1975), Mark Linn-Baker (1954), and Vincent Martella (1992).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, John Paulson ranks 128. Before him are Bill Ayers (1944), Judith Heumann (1947), Matthew Shepard (1976), Ronan Farrow (1987), Nils Muižnieks (1964), and Crystal Eastman (1881). After him are Inez Milholland (1886), Cindy Sheehan (1957), Medea Benjamin (1952), Alicia Garza (1981), Frances Haugen (1980), and Jake Angeli (1988).

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