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  2. List of hedge funds - Wikipedia

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    Largest hedge fund firms. Below are the 20 largest hedge funds in the world ranked by discretionary assets under management (AUM) as of mid-2022. Only assets in private funds following hedge fund strategies are counted. Some of these managers also manage public funds and offer non-hedge fund strategies.

  3. Works Progress Administration - Wikipedia

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    The Works Progress Administration ( WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.

  4. Federated Hermes - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .federatedhermes .com. Federated Hermes is an investment manager headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1955 and incorporated on October 18, 1957, [1] the company manages $758 billion of customer assets, as of Dec. 31, 2023. The company offers investments spanning equity, fixed-income, alternative ...

  5. Old money - Wikipedia

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    Old money is "the inherited wealth of established upper-class families (i.e. gentry, patriciate)" or "a person, family, or lineage possessing inherited wealth". It is a social class of the rich who have been able to maintain their wealth over multiple generations, often referring to perceived members of the de facto aristocracy in societies that historically lack an officially established ...

  6. John Paulson - Wikipedia

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    2 daughters. John Alfred Paulson (born December 14, 1955) is an American billionaire hedge fund manager. He leads Paulson & Co., a New York–based investment management firm he founded in 1994. [1] He has been called "one of the most prominent names in high finance", [2] and "a man who made one of the biggest fortunes in Wall Street history."

  7. September 11th Victim Compensation Fund - Wikipedia

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    The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, commonly known as the VCF, was a U.S. government fund that was created by an Act of Congress [1] shortly after the September 11 attacks in 2001. The purpose of the fund was to compensate the victims of the attacks and their families with the quid pro quo of their agreement not to file lawsuits ...

  8. List of specialized agencies of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland is the second biggest U.N. centre after the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.. United Nations Specialized Agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief ...

  9. American upper class - Wikipedia

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    The American upper class is a social group within the United States consisting of people who have the highest social rank, due to a lineage associated with wealth, pedigree, and typically economic wealth however it is not necessarily required. [1] [2] The American upper class is distinguished from the rest of the population due to the fact that ...