10 Most Famous American Investors

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4. Steve Cohen

Net Worth: $19.8 billion

Steve Cohen is the majority owner of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball and the CEO and founder of Point72 Asset Management. Steve Cohen generated personal capital gains of around $1.7 billion in 2022 and has a net worth of nearly $20 billion.

Steve Cohen is quite bullish on the new artificial intelligence wave that started at the beginning of 2023. In the second quarter of 2023, his most prominent stock picks were NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). He increased his holdings in the companies by 68% and 306% in Q2, respectively.

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