The Rise and Fall of Commodities Hedge Fund King Willem Kooyker

  • Flagship fund has been down in four of the last five years
  • Assets under management have fallen nearly 85% to $1.5 billion

Willem Kooyker with his wife, Judith-Ann Corrente.

Photographer: Amanda Gordon/Bloomberg
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Thirty miles west of Wall Street, in an anonymous office park set among rolling hills and shady streets, lurks a giant of the commodities world.

Behind the bland facade in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, lies the headquarters of Willem Kooyker, one of the most powerful and enigmatic traders in the game.