Effective companies are about people working well together, says Hugo Young, manager of the Aberdeen Global Asia Pacific Equity Fund.
The world’s greatest investors: Hugh Young
The world’s greatest investors: James Simons
James Simons started his hedge fund in 1978. Between 1989 and 2016, he returned just under 40% a year after fees.
The world’s greatest investors: Daniel Loeb
Loeb is known as an activist investor, buying into companies that he thinks could be run better.
The world’s greatest investors: Louis Bacon
Louis Bacon became interested in markets after captaining a sports fishing boat for broker Walter Frank.
The world’s greatest investors: Michael Platt
BlueCrest hedge fund co-founder Michael Platt is quick to cut his losses, but happy to let his winners run.
The world’s greatest investors: Mark Barnett
As an income investor, Mark Barnett focuses on firms paying relatively high levels of dividends.
The world’s greatest investors: Joel Greenblatt
Legendary investors Joel Greenblatt began as a traditional value investor, looking for companies on low price/earnings (p/e) ratios.
The world’s greatest investors: Kyle Bass
Kyle Bass made $500m after buying credit default swaps on US subprime mortgage securities in the run up to the financial crisis.
The world’s greatest investors: Martin Taylor
Legendary investor Martin Taylor’s focus was on emerging markets.
The world’s greatest investors: John Arnold
John Arnold analysed energy firms’ data to decide when natural gas was cheap or expensive.
