Profits last year came after a difficult 2022, when some of the firm's biggest equity bets floundered.
Shares of DWAC have held onto a 145% gain this year.
While sitting atop three companies, Frank Slootman built a huge tech fortune.
Ackman collected $610 million last year, while Izzy Englander and Ken Griffin topped Bloomberg's annual ranking.
The future of such pay deals is uncertain after a Delaware judge struck down Musk's pay package.
Appaloosa Management's founder has struggled running the Carolina Panthers even while thriving with tech stocks.
Mark Cuban has a knack for selling at the top. Take the radio-streaming website he founded, Broadcast.com. It sold to Yahoo! Inc. for billions less than a year before the dot-com bubble...
Donald Trump is getting richer...
Billionaire John Paulson is facing a new wave of lawsuits that strike at the heart of his Puerto Rico enterprises.
Icahn is now the one being accused of mismanaging his company and failing stockholders.