John Paulson
American hedge fund manager
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| 2024 | Reportedly engaged to be married to 35-year-old clinical dietitian Alina de Almeida. |
| 2024 | Received an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in recognition of his philanthropic contributions, which included a $27 million commitment to establish the Paulson Bar-El Building for Computer Science and Engineering. |
| April 6 2024 | Trump campaign self-reports a $50.5 million fundraising event held at Paulson's Palm Beach house. |
| March 2024 | Reports emerge that Trump is considering Paulson as a potential Secretary of the Treasury if he wins the 2024 election. |
| 2022 | Jenny Zaharia sued Paulson for $1 billion in damages. |
| 2022 | Donated $100 million to New York University for a new building on its Washington Square Campus, which was subsequently named the John A. Paulson Center. |
| 2021 | Contributed significantly to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art to celebrate the museum's 90th anniversary. |
| September 2021 | Filed for divorce from Jenny Zaharia, but later withdrew the action to negotiate out of court. |
| 2020 | Paulson and his spouse contribute $831,370 to Donald Trump's presidential campaign. |
| 2017 | Wrote a letter to Manhattan Spence School with his wife, threatening to withdraw aid due to perceived 'anti-white indoctrination'. |
| 2016 | Paulson immediately backs Donald Trump after he secures the Republican nomination and serves as one of Trump's top economic advisers during the presidential campaign. |
| July 2015 | Gifted $8.5 million to Success Academy, a New York City charter school organization, to support public education and open middle schools in Brooklyn and Manhattan. |
| June 2015 | Donated $400 million to Harvard University's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the largest gift in the university's history, resulting in the school being renamed the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. |
| 2014 | At the Puerto Rico Investment Summit in San Juan, Paulson declares that 'Puerto Rico will become the Singapore of the Caribbean', indicating his investments in the territory's municipal debt and real estate. |
| October 2012 | Donated $100 million to the Central Park Conservancy, which was the largest monetary donation in the history of New York City's park system at the time. |
| April 26 2012 | Paulson hosts a fundraiser at his New York townhouse for Mitt Romney's presidential candidacy. |
| 2011 | Paulson donates $1 million to Mitt Romney's Super PAC Restore Our Future. |
| 2011 | Donated £2.5 million to the London School of Economics to establish the John A. Paulson Chair in European Political Economy. |
| 2011 | Experienced significant losses with investments in Bank of America, Citigroup, and Sino-Forest Corporation, leading to a sharp decline in his flagship Paulson Advantage Fund. |
| 2010 | Continued charitable donations, including $5 million to Southampton Hospital on Long Island and $15 million to build a children's hospital in Guayaquil, Ecuador. |
| 2010 | Earns $4.9 billion, further solidifying his financial success. |
| 2010 | Set a hedge fund record by making nearly $5 billion in a single year, primarily through investments in the gold sector. |
| 2010 | Purchased a home in Aspen, Colorado for $24.5 million. |
| July 15 2010 | Goldman Sachs settled out of court with the Securities and Exchange Commission, paying US$550 million ($300 million to the U.S. government and $250 million to investors) related to the Abacus 2007-AC1 investment vehicle that Paulson helped create. |
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