The title is incorrect and very misleading. This is not &quot;salary&quot; for hedge fund managers, it&#x27;s total income. 
I couldn&#x27;t find the exact breakdown, but for the guys at the top of the list, most of the income is not compensation for being a manager, it&#x27;s returns for the money they had invested in their own funds. It&#x27;s not a coincidence that the guys at the top of the list are the ones that manage funds that had a good 2015.<p>To see a better breakdown look at the 2016 rich list at<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.institutionalinvestorsalpha.com&#x2F;Article&#x2F;3552805&#x2F;The-2016-Rich-List-of-the-Worlds-Top-Earning-Hedge-Fund-Managers.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.institutionalinvestorsalpha.com&#x2F;Article&#x2F;3552805&#x2F;T...</a><p>Note the following paragraph:<p><pre><code>    In a year when roughly half of all hedge funds lost money, a
    number of frequent Rich List members are conspicuously missing
    from the ranking because their funds finished in the red.
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So for guys previously in this list their &quot;salary&quot; for 2016 was negative.