Paul Elliott Singer is an American hedge fund manager, investor, philanthropist, and political activist. He is the founder and CEO of hedge fund Elliott Management Corporation, a political activist and activist investor, and a prominent New York based philanthropist. In 2014, Forbes rated Singer's net worth as $1.9 billion, self-made. Through Elliott Management, Singer won cases against Peru, the Republic of Congo, and actually, is in a dispute with Argentina, for repayment of the full face value of debts acquired at a deep discount during the countries' respective financial crises. 

August 22nd, 1944 in New York (Age 80)