< 25 Top Pension Power Players
15. Paul Singer
President,
Elliott Management Corp.
As chairman of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, a free-market think tank, Paul Singer, president of hedge fund Elliott Management Corp., has been shaking up the pension world. Pensions are a big research priority for the institute, which maintains they need reforming so states and municipalities can better afford current services, including K–12 education. Pension clients are a big source of business for $28 billion-in-assets Elliott Management; Singer and other hedge fund managers who support the Manhattan Institute while managing defined benefit pension money face flak from unions. But the 72-year-old is known for his candid views on pensions, including his position that they are in far worse financial shape than the public realizes. —Julie Segal
The 2017 Pension Political Power 25
Secretary of Labor 
Governor of Illinois 
Secretary of Education 
Founders, Laura and John Arnold Foundation 
Secretary of the Treasury |
Secretary of Commerce 
California Chief Justice 
Speaker of the House 
Founder, SkyBridge Capital 
California State Senator and President Pro Tempore |
Chairman, Senate Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security 
President, New Jersey State Senate 
Governor of California 
Co-founder, Avenue Strategies 
President, Elliott Management Corp. |
Senior Vice President, Labor, Immigration, and Employee Benefits, U.S. Chamber of Commerce 
U.S. Senator 
Founder and managingpartner, Feinberg Rozen 
Governor of Wisconsin 
President, AFL-CIO |
Mayor of Dallas 
U.S. Senator 
Partner, Davis & Harman 
U.S. Senator 
President, American Federation of Teachers |
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