Greenwich, Connecticut–based Lone Pine Capital pole-vaulted up Alpha’s Hedge Fund 100 ranking this year, jumping $7 billion and 4 spots to a record high No. 8 for the firm. Lone Pine was founded by Stephen Mandel Jr., who made his name as a consumer analyst and managing director at Julian Robertson Jr.'s famed Tiger Management Corp. and is one of the best known of the so-called Tiger Cubs.
