&quot;Hedge fund manager Kenneth C. Griffin made $1.7 billion&quot;<p>&quot;Mr. Griffin’s firm, Citadel, has grown from a hedge fund that managed family and pension fund money into a $25 billion firm&quot;<p>&quot;Citadel’s flagship Kensington and Wellington hedge funds returned 14.3 percent over 2015.&quot;<p>It might be true but seems incredible, that would mean he personally took 6.8% of the entire fund&#x27;s capital as a salary. Not salary of course but carried interest - he only has to pay capital gains tax rate because Wall street.