
... Tudor also owns one of the largest private houses in Greenwich, Connecticut, with lots of marble, sweeping views and loads of jungle pictures....
...His greatest publicity coup came with a one-hour television documentary called Trader that was aired in America in November 1987. A camera followed him for five months while he managed about $250m in assets for 300 clients.
Reviewers described Jones as a young Gordon Gekko, Michael Douglas’s notorious character in the film Wall Street. He is shown losing $6m in a day and making almost as much another.
Very few copies still exist, and, according to the film’s director, Jones asked for the documentary to be removed from circulation in the 1990s. His reputation was also tarnished by an $800,000 fine in 1996 for improper short-selling....
....He is also a leading light in American political and charity circles. Last May Jones used his home for a fundraiser for US presidential candidate Barack Obama, and he is one of New York’s most prominent philanthropists through his Robin Hood Foundation....ALSO:
Hedge funds post worst first half ever
The $2 trillion industry put in its worst performance during the first half of the year since most credible records began
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