The 25 Biggest Hedge Funds

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For those size queens out there, Institutional Investor has compiled the 2011 rankings.

25. ESL Investments ($14.0 billion)
23. Moore Capital ($15.0 billion)
23. Appaloosa Management ($15.0 billion)
22. Davidson Kempner Capital ($15.3 billion)
21. DE Shaw ($15.6 billion)
20 Landsdowne Partners ($16.146 billion)
19. AQR Capital ($16.7 billion)
18. Elliott Management ($16.8 billion)
17. Renaissance Technologies ($17.0 billion)
16. Winton Capital Management ($17.78 billion)
15. Avenue Capital ($18.3 billion)
14. Goldman Sachs Asset Management ($19.8 billion)
13. King Street Capital (($19.9 billion)
12. Farallon Capital ($21.5 billion)
11. Baupost Group ($23.4 billion)

10. Angelo, Gordon, & Co ($23.6 billion)
9. BlueCrest Capital Management ($24.5 billion)
8. BlackRock ($25.0 billion)
7. Och-Ziff Capital Management ($27.6 billion)
6. Soros Fund Management ($27.9 billion)
5. Brevan Howard ($32.0 billion)
4. Paulson & Co ($35.887 billion)
3. Man Investments ($40.6 billion)
2. JPMorgan Asset Mangagement ($54.2 billion)
1. Bridgewater Associates ($58.9 billion)

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