Bruce Kovner was one of the biggest traders in the world in the interbank currency and futures markets during his career according to author Jack Schwager. He is the founder and chairman of Caxton Associates, a global macro hedge fund. Kovner retired from the hedge fund in 2011 after managing it for over 30 years. In 1987 he had profits of over $300 million in the funds he managed. Kovner had a compounded average 87% annual return in the ten year period before he was featured in the Market Wizards book in 1989. Just $2,000 invested with Kovner in early 1978 would have grown to being over $1,000,000 ten years later ... (full story)