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David Tepper, the founder of $12 billion-distressed-debt hedge fund Appaloosa Management, is one of the most successful hedge fund managers in the world.
The billionaire fund manager had a great year with his flagship fund finishing up about 30 percent, according to Forbes.
Last year, Tepper was the highest-earning hedge fund manager, taking home $2.2 billion, according to Forbes.
Tepper grew up a shy, math-whiz-kid who went from a class clown/ theater star to, ultimately, one of the biggest names on the Street.
The 55-year-old hedge fund manager grew up in a lower middle class neighborhood in Pittsburgh.
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David Alan Tepper was born on September 11, 1957. He was raised in a Jewish family and grew up in a lower middle class neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Tepper is the middle of three children.
His father Harry was an accountant (not a CPA) and his mother Roberta was a public school teacher.
Source: Maneet Ahuja's "The Alpha Masters"
He could do multiplication and complex addition at age 4. He was even the subject of his sister's show-and-tell assignment.
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As an accountant's son, he had a knack for math VERY early on.
When he was only 4 or 5 years old, his older sister decided to bring him to her second-grade class for show-and-tell so he could show off his multiplication and adding skills.
Source: Maneet Ahuja's "The Alpha Masters"
He attended Peabody Senior High School, where he went from shy kid to class clown.
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He attended Peabody High School in Pittsburgh where he graduated in 1975.
He started off as a shy and quiet kid.
He later opened up and became known as the class clown, always joking around.
The school closed in 2011.
Source: Maneet Ahuja's "The Alpha Masters"
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