<p>The rich hedge fund industry has a new king. Ken Griffin tops Forbes’ list of the highest-earning hedge fund managers and traders, personally making $1.7 billion in 2015. At 47, Griffin for the first time in his 26-year career earned more than each of the older titans of the hedge fund world, like George Soros, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen and David Tepper. Griffin runs Chicago-based Citadel, a hedge fund firm that now manages $25 billion. Griffin distinguished himself in 2015, a year that humbled some of the hedge fund world’s biggest names, whose funds suffered losses.</p>