I thought there was some top money making companies per person thread and was going to post this on that thread, but can’t see it anymore. Here are the top profits per partner for the law firms . . . too bad we don’t have some data like this for financial firms. 2008 Top Profits Per Partner 1. Wachtell: $4,010,000 2. Quinn Emanuel: $3,335,000 3. Boies, Schiller: $3,065,000 4. S&C: $2,940,000 5. Paul, Weiss: $2,655,000 6. Cravath: $2,520,000 7. Simpson Thacher: 2,475,000 8. Kirkland & Ellis: $2,470,000 9. Cleary: $2,400,000 10. Schulte Roth: $2,290,000 http://www.abovethelaw.com/2009/04/the_amlaw_100.php
You might get the data for top HF managers but who knows whether its true or not. Corporate Lawyers kick ar$e
What does this metric actually say? Seems like the picture would be different if we included the ratio of partners to non-partners at each firm.
Top profits per partner for selected hedge funds: 1. Renaissance $1,000,000,000 2. Paulson $750,000,000 3. Appaloosa $700,000,000 4. Bridgewater $500,000,000 5. Soros $350,000,000