Literally, whatever John Paul touches turns gold. His fixation with gold is exemplified by his gold kitty, a whopping 110 tonnes. John Paul president of Paulson & Co, a fantatastic hedge fund manager has more gold than any other country like Romania, Poland and Australia.  In 1994, he founded his own hedge fund with $2 million and two employees and today has a net worth of more than $6 billion, after having made a killing during the subprime crisis. See this chart for more details of his gold holding go here: