The George Soros brand lives on in hedge-fund land.
The 83-year-old multibillionaire investor and philanthropist is retired — and the firm he ran for almost 40 years is no longer a hedge fund — but his Quantum Endowment Fund, which now manages just family and foundation money, has made more money than any other fund since inception, according to an annual ranking of the top 20 hedge-fund managers by LCH Investments, the world’s oldest fund of funds.
Soros has made $39.6 billion for investors since he launched his firm in 1973 — including $5.5 billion last year.
The $28.6 billion family office had an estimated 23.8 percent return in 2013.
While good, it trailed the S&P 500’s 32.4 percent rise.
Quantum is now run by Scott Bessent, a former Soros lieutenant who rejoined the firm in 2012 after a mixed record outside the Soros organization.