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Philip Falcone

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Philip Falcone

Senior Managing Director, Harbinger Capital Partners

Famed vulture investor Falcone, who runs the $19 billion hedge fund Harbinger Capital in New York, shorted Bear Stearns and other financial stocks before JP Morgan (JPM) and the Fed came to rescue the investment bank in March. Bear's shares sank in the turmoil, and Falcone walked away with tens of millions.