2013 - Top 50 US Hedge Funds

The top 50 hedge funds in the US manage in excess of $800 billion in assets. Bridgewater heads the list of the largest US hedge funds for 2013, followed by JP Morgan, and Paulson & Co. 40 of the top 50 hedge funds in the US had more than $10 billion in AUM beginning 2013.

Top 50 US Hedge Funds 2013:

Hedge Fund	City	State	AUM
Bridgewater Associates	Westport	CT	$75.2 billion
JP Morgan Alternative Investments	New York	NY	$49.5 billion
Paulson & Co.	New York	NY	$35.2 billion
Wellington Management Company LLP	Boston	MA	$32.4 billion
Och-Ziff Capital Management	New York	NY	$30.3 billion
BlackRock Investment Management Australia	New York		$29.1 billion
Baupost Group	Boston	MA	$23.1 billion
Angelo Gordon & Co.	New York	NY	$22.1 billion
AQR Capital Management	Greenwich	CT	$21.65 billion
Renaissance Technologies	East Setauket	NY	$20.6 billion
Farallon Capital Management	San Francisco	CA	$19.6 billion
King Street Capital Management	New York	NY	$18.8 billion
Lone Pine Capital	Greenwich	CT	$18.5 billion
Elliott Management	New York	NY	$18.1 billion
Goldman Sachs Asset Management	New York	NY	$17.5 billion
DE Shaw	New York	NY	$17.4 billion
Two Sigma Investments	New York	NY	$17 billion
Convexity Capital Management	Boston	MA	$16.85 billion
GoldenTree Asset Management	New York	NY	$16.75 billion
Sankaty Advisors	Boston	MA	$16.4 billion
Adage Capital Management	Boston	MA	$15.9 billion
Moore Capital Management	New York	NY	$15.6 billion
Eton Park Capital Management	New York	NY	$15.4 billion
Marathon Asset Management	New York	NY	$15.2 billion
Tudor Investment Corporation	Greenwich	CT	$13.6 billion
Canyon Capital Advisors	Los Angeles	CA	$13.5 billion
Citadel Investment Group	Chicago	IL	$13 billion
5:15 Capital Management	Greenwich	CT	$13 billion
Avenue Capital Group	New York	NY	$12.6 billion
York Capital Management	New York	NY	$12.5 billion
Davidson Kempner Capital Management	New York	NY	$12.25 billion
Appaloosa Management	Chatham	NJ	$12 billion
Anchorage Capital Group	New York	NY	$11.5 billion
Mesirow Advanced Strategies	Chicago	IL	$11.1 billion
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co.	Boston	MA	$11 billion
EMF Financial	New York	NY	$11 billion
Maverick Capital	Dallas	TX	$10.8 billion
Aurora Investment Management	Chicago	IL	$10.3 billion
Highfields Capital Management	Boston	MA	$10.24 billion
Pershing Square Capital Management	New York	NY	$10.2 billion
Element Capital Management	New York	NY	$9.8 billion
Alliance Bernstein Institutional	New York	NY	$9.5 billion
Caxton Associates	New York	NY	$9.45 billion
Taconic Capital Advisors	New York	NY	$9.4 billion
Anchorage Advisors	New York	NY	$9.3 billion
Magnetar Capital	Evanston	IL	$9.1 billion
Lighthouse Investment Partners	Palm Beach Gardens	FL	$8.65 billion
Gresham Investment Management	New York	NY	$8.5 billion
Concordia Advisors	New York	NY	$8.4 billion
Brookside Capital	Boston	MA	$8.22 billion

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Source: Hedge Lists

50 Largest US Hedge Funds (AUM)

Below is a list of the Top 50 US Hedge Funds including location, strategy and AUM, ranked by Assets Under Management for 2009:
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TOP 50 US HEDGE FUNDS

1. Bridgewater Associates
Location: Westport, CT
Strategy: Multi Strategy, Global Macro
AUM: $38.00 billion

2. JPMorgan Asset Management
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Long/Short Equity
AUM: $32.89 billion

3. Paulson & Co.
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Credit, Multi Strategy, Merger Arbitrage
AUM: $29.00 billion

4. D.E. Shaw & Company
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Multi Strategy, Global Macro
AUM: $28.60 billion

5. Och-Ziff Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $22.10 billion

6. Soros Fund Management
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Global Macro
AUM: $21.00 billion

7. Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $20.59 billion

8. Renaissance Technologies Corporation
Location: East Setauket, NY
Strategy: Quantitative Long/Short Equity
AUM: $20.00 billion

9. Farallon Capital Management
Location: San Francisco, CA
Strategy: Multi Strategy
AUM: $20.00 billion

10. Baupost Group
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $16.80 billion

11. Moore Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Global Macro, Fixed Income, Long/Short Equity
AUM: $16.50 billion

12. Avenue Capital Group
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Distressed Debt
AUM: $16.20 billion

13. King Street Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $15.90 billion

14. Angelo, Gordon & Company
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Multi strategy
AUM: $14.00 billion

15. Fortress Investment Group
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Global Macro, Event Driven
AUM: $13.66 billion

16. Lone Pine Capital
Location: Greenwich, CT
Strategy: Long/Short Equity
AUM: $13.00 billion

17 . Elliott Management Corporation
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $12.80 billion

18. Eton Park Capital
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Multi Strategy
AUM: $12.00 billion

19. SAC Capital Advisors
Location: Stamford, CT
AUM: $12.00 billion

20. Cerberus Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Distressed Debt
AUM: $11.90 billion

21. FX Concepts
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Emerging Market Debt
AUM: $11.74 billion

22. Millenium Management
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Multi Strategy
AUM: $11.70 billion

23. Tudor Investment Corporation
Location: Greenwich, CT
Strategy: Long/Short Equity, Global Macro
AUM: $11.37 billion

24. Citadel Investment Group
Location: Chicago, IL
Strategy: Multi Strategy
AUM: $10.72 billion

25. TPG-Axon Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Global Macro
AUM: $10.60 billion

26. ESL Investments
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: $10.50 billion

27. Duquesne Capital Management
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Strategy: Distressed Debt, Multi Strategy
AUM: $10.00 billion

28. Wellington Capital Management
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $10.00 billion

29. GoldenTree Asset Management
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $10.00 billion

30. Davidson Kempner Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Distress Debt, Long/Short Equity, Multi Strategy
AUM: $9.70 billion

31. Maverick Capital
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Long/Short Equity
AUM: $9.70 billion

32. Viking Global Investors
Location: Greenwich, CT
AUM: $9.66 billion

33. Canyon Capital Advisors
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Strategy: Arbitrage
AUM: $9.38 billion

34. GMO
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $9.00 billion

35. Bain Capital
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $8.80 billion

36. Stark Investments
Location: St. Francis, WI
Strategy: Multi Strategy, Emerging Markets
AUM: $8.67 billion

37. Convexity Capital Management
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $8.50 billion

38. QVT Financial
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Multi Strategy
AUM: $8.50 billion

39. Perry Capital
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Multi Strategy
AUM: $8.33 billion

40. Adage Capital Management
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $8.00 billion

41. Caxton Associates
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $8.00 billion

42. Atticus Capital
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Activist
AUM: $8.00 billion

43. York Capital Management
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Event Driven, Distressed Debt, Multi Strategy
AUM: $7.80 billion

44. Highfields Capital Management
Location: Boston, MA
AUM: $7.80 billion

45. Black River Asset Management
Location: Minnetonka, MN
Strategy: Multi Strategy
AUM: $7.44 billion

46. Harbinger Capital Partners
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $7.10 billion

47. Taconic Capital Advisors
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $7.10 billion

48. Magnetar Capital
Location: New York, NY
AUM: $7.10 billion

49. HBK Capital Management
Location: Dallas, TX
Strategy: Multi Strategy
AUM: $7.10 billion

50. Marathon Asset Management
Location: New York, NY
Strategy: Emerging Markets, Long/Short Equity, Event Driven, Distressed Debt
AUM: $7.00 billion

Source: Institutional Investor

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