Tom Steyer

Played soccer at Yale; graduated summa cum laude. First job in mergers & acquisitions at Morgan Stanley. Earned Stanford M.B.A., then worked for Goldman Sachs' risk arbitrage group. Founded hedge fund Farallon Capital Management 1986. Same year joined private equity outfit Hellman & Friedman. Spun off London, Singapore, Charlotte operations 2005; renamed Noonday Capital. Today separate firms share $36 billion in assets. Stanford trustee.