Englander vs Cohen

Millennium Management and Point72.

The differences

Forbes puts Israel Englander about $0.9B ahead of Steve Cohen.Forbes figures from 9 Oct 2026 and 9 Oct 2026.
Both started the company their money comes from.
Israel Englander is about 8 years older than Steve Cohen.

Put someone else on either side

Englander

Cohen

Net worth, Forbes: $27.6BForbes, 9 Oct 2026; $26.7BForbes, 9 Oct 2026
Net worth, Bloomberg: $33.8BBloomberg, 16 Oct 2026; $22.2BBloomberg, 11 Oct 2026
Forbes rank: No. 86Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026; No. 90Real-Time list, 9 Oct 2026
Billionaire since: Not stated; 2004Earliest Forbes list in the cited sources: the 2004 World's Richest People; an earlier listing isn't ruled out

How it started: Founded itFounded Millennium in 1989 with $35 million, after working as a floor broker, trader and specialist on the American Stock Exchange; Founded itFounded S.A.C. Capital Advisors in 1992 and converted it into the Point72 family office in 2014
Main source: Millennium Management and his capital in its hedge fundsBloomberg: hedge-fund assets $16.6 billion, Millennium Management $13 billion, cash $4.18 billion; His holdings in Point72's hedge fundsBloomberg: about $16.6 billion of Point72's $50.7 billion in assets (April 2026) belongs to him; he also owns 95% of the New York Mets
Companies: Millennium ManagementMillennium Management: Founder, chairman and CEO; Point72Point72: Founder, chairman, CEO and co-chief investment officer
Biggest stake: Millennium Management85% owned; Point72Stake not stated

Born: 1948Brooklyn, New York, United States; 1956Great Neck, New York, United States
Country: United StatesLives in New York, New York, United States; United States
Education: Bachelor's degreeDegree in finance, New York University (1970); Bachelor's degreeBS in economics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1978)
Parents: Son of Polish immigrants, raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in Brooklyn; Father was a garment manufacturer and mother a piano teacher; the third of eight children

Giving Pledge: Not a signer; Not a signer
Foundation: Not stated; Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation
Lifetime giving: Not stated; $1.5BSteven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, 17 Oct 2026. The foundation says it has given over $1.5 billion to US public charities since 2001; Forbes says he has given more than $1 billion over his lifetime

Role now: Runs the companyChairman and CEO of Millennium Management; Runs the companyChairman, CEO and co-CIO of Point72; chairman and CEO of the New York Mets
Successor: Not stated; Not stated
Public office: None found; None found
Legal record: 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.; 2016: US SECSettled SEC charges that he failed reasonably to supervise a portfolio manager who engaged in insider trading, agreeing to a bar on supervising funds that manage outside money until 2018 and to SEC examinations of his family office; he neither admitted nor denied the finding.