WINNERS DANIEL OCH

Hedge fund billionaire steps from the shadows to launch IPO, seeking to raise $2 billion via the sale of “A” shares.

CARLOS SLIM

Bill Gates who? The fortune of Slim – that reached $67.8 billion this year – handily topped Gates’ net worth of $59.2 billion.

CRAIG DONOHUE

Chicago Merc CEO tossed a sweetened bid of $11 billion that should land the coveted CBOT.

LOSERS DONALD TRUMP

First his casinos get worn down, then ignored, and now management can’t find someone to buy them, sending stock down.

JOHN DEVANEY

The brains behind a series of disastrous bets on a key subprime assetbacked index and mortgage bonds landed

hedgie UCAM in dire straits.

JEFFREY SPRECHER

Chicago Merc’s CBOT bid leaves ICE CEO only a short time to pull of a miracle.