Tepper vs Englander

Appaloosa Management and Millennium Management.

The differences

Forbes puts David Tepper about $0.9B ahead of Israel Englander.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Israel Englander is about 9 years older than David Tepper.
David Tepper has held a public or government advisory role; Israel Englander has none on record.

Put someone else on either side

Tepper

Englander

Net worth, Forbes: $28.5BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $27.6BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $28BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026; $33.8BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 80Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 86Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; Not stated

How it started: Founded itLeft Goldman Sachs, where he headed the junk-bond desk, to found Appaloosa Management in 1993; Founded itFounded Millennium in 1989 with $35 million, after working as a floor broker, trader and specialist on the American Stock Exchange
Main source: His own capital in Appaloosa's hedge funds and the Carolina PanthersBloomberg: Appaloosa hedge funds $10.8 billion, Carolina Panthers $8.07 billion, cash $9.18 billion; Millennium Management and his capital in its hedge fundsBloomberg: hedge-fund assets $16.6 billion, Millennium Management $13 billion, cash $4.18 billion
Companies: Appaloosa Management, Carolina PanthersAppaloosa Management: President and founder; Carolina Panthers: Owner and chairman; Millennium ManagementMillennium Management: Founder, chairman and CEO
Biggest stake: Carolina Panthers100% owned; Millennium Management85% owned

Born: 1957East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; 1948Brooklyn, New York, United States
Country: United StatesLives in Palm Beach, Florida, United States; United StatesLives in New York, New York, United States
Education: Graduate degreeEconomics degree, University of Pittsburgh (1978); master's in industrial administration, Carnegie Mellon University (1982); Bachelor's degreeDegree in finance, New York University (1970)
Parents: Son of Harry Tepper, an accountant, and Roberta Tepper, a schoolteacher; Son of Polish immigrants, raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in Brooklyn

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: The Tepper FoundationFounded in 1996 as the David A. Tepper Charitable Foundation; led by his daughter Randi; Not stated
Lifetime giving: Not stated; Not stated

Role now: Runs the companyPresident of Appaloosa Management; owner and chairman of the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte FC; Runs the companyChairman and CEO of Millennium Management
Successor: Not stated; Not stated
Public office: Member, Investor Advisory Committee on Financial Markets, Federal Reserve Bank of New York2014; None found
Legal record: None found; 2005: US SECSettled an SEC administrative proceeding over a mutual-fund market-timing scheme at Millennium without admitting or denying the findings; the order required a $30 million civil penalty, $1 in disgorgement and a three-year bar from roles at registered investment companies.