In March 2000 hedge fund manager Arthur Samberg was on top of the world -- literally. To celebrate his 59th birthday, the chairman of Westport, Connecticutbased Pequot Capital Management climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, the tallest freestanding peak on earth. Fresh off a year when two of his funds were up more than 100 percent, Samberg was running one of the biggest hedge fund firms in the world, with roughly $15 billion under management.
