Elena Ambrosiadou: The woman who launched her own hedge fund and made £200m

The high-octane hedge-fund sector is often considered the last bastion of male dominance in global markets, says The Sunday Times. But tucked away in Canary Wharf, 'far from the Mayfair stamping ground of most of London's star managers', Elena Ambrosiadou has created one of the most successful hedge funds in the world - and become Britain's best-paid woman in the process.

The high-octane hedge-fund sector is often considered the last bastion of male dominance in global markets, says The Sunday Times. But tucked away in Canary Wharf, "far from the Mayfair stamping ground of most of London's star managers", Elena Ambrosiadou has created one of the most successful hedge funds in the world and become Britain's best-paid woman in the process. Ambrosiadou, 47, paid herself £16m in 2004. With a fortune estimated at £200m, she is our wealthiest woman entrepreneur.

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