List of investors in Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities
Investors in Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC lost billions of dollars in the Madoff investment scandal, a Ponzi scheme fraud conducted by Bernard Madoff. The amount missing from client accounts, over two thirds of which were fabricated gains, was almost $65 billion. The court-appointed trustee Irving Picard estimated actual losses to investors of $18 billion, and much of that money has been returned.
The 162-page list of clients, filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, was made public on February 4, 2009. Some of the clients profited. Thousands of individual investors of Fairfield Greenwich, J. Ezra Merkin's Ascot Partners, and Chais Investments are not included.
Several newspapers and news services, including Bloomberg News, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, compiled lists of these investors during the first few months of the scandal, including fabricated gains in the amounts lost. These lists may include double-counting; for example, they may count investments by feeder funds into Madoff Securities, as well as investments made into the feeder funds.
| Madoff investor | investor type | potential exposure | source |
| Fairfield Sentry | US investment firm; Madoff feeder fund | $7,500,000,000.00 | firm statement; Wall Street Journal |
| Grupo Santander | Spanish bank | $3,500,000,000.00 | El Pais |
| Kingate Management | Bermuda hedge fund; Madoff feeder fund | $3,500,000,000.00 | Bloomberg |
| Rye Investment Management | US hedge fund; Madoff feeder fund | $3,100,000,000.00 | WSJ |
| Bank Medici of Austria | Austrian bank | $2,800,000,000.00 | Bloomberg |
| Ascot Partners | US hedge fund; Madoff feeder fund | $1,800,000,000.00 | WSJ |
| Access International Advisors | US hedge fund; Madoff feeder fund | $1,400,000,000.00 | Bloomberg |
| Fortis Bank Nederland | Dutch Bank | $1,350,000,000.00 | firm statement; WSJ |
| Thema Fund | Irish hedge fund; Madoff feeder fund | $1,100,000,000.00 | media reports |
| HSBC | British bank | $1,000,000,000.00 | firm statement; WSJ |
| Genevalor Benbassat & Cie | Swiss bank; Madoff feeder fund | $935,000,000.00 | Le Temps |
| Aurelia Finance | Swiss bank; Madoff feeder fund | $800,000,000.00 | Le Temps |
| Union Bancaire Privée | Swiss bank | $700,000,000.00 | WSJ |
| Natixis | French bank | $600,000,000.00 | Bloomberg |
| Royal Bank of Scotland | British bank | $600,000,000.00 | media reports |
| Sterling Equities | investment firm | $500,000,000.00 | New York Post |
| BNP Paribas | French bank | $475,300,000.00 | Bloomberg |
| BBVA | Spanish bank | $404,000,000.00 | Reuters |
| Fix Asset Management | US alternatives firm | $400,000,000.00 | firm statement |
| Ruth and Carl J. Shapiro | US individuals | $400,000,000.00 | WSJ |
| RMF | UK hedge fund | $360 million | firm statement; WSJ |
| Nomura | Japanese broker | $358.9 million | WSJ |
| Reichmuth Matterhorn | Swiss private bank | $330 million | Bloomberg |
| Normal Holdings | $302 million | StreetInsider.com | |
| Pioneer Alternative Investments | Irish alternatives firm | $280 million | Bloomberg |
| Maxam Capital Management | US fund of hedge funds; Madoff feeder fund | $280 million | WSJ |
| J.P. Jeanneret Associates | investment adviser | $250 million | The Post Standard |
| EIM Group | European bank | $230 million | Le Temps/WSJ |
| Ira Rennert | US individual | $200 million | FINalternatives |
| Bank Austria | Austrian bank | $192.1 million | Der Standard |
| Ulatan Holdings Inc | Family Office Holdings | $191.6 million | WSJ |
| Tremont Capital Management | US fund of hedge funds | $190 million | firm statement |
| M&B Capital Advisers | Spanish money manager | $187.9 million | El Mundo |
| Jerome Fisher | individual | $150 million | media reports |
| Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation | charity | $145 million | The Boston Globe |
| Yeshiva University | US Jewish university endowment | $140 million | Bloomberg |
| Aozora Bank | Japanese bank | $137 million | WSJ |
| AXA | French insurer | less than $135 million | Reuters |
| Crédit Mutuel | French bank | $124 million | Bloomberg |
| Dexia | Franco-Belgian bank | $106.9 million | firm statement |
| UniCredit | Italian financial firm | $100 million | Bloomberg |
| Hadassah | Jewish charity | $90 million | WSJ |
| Unione di Banche Italiane | Italian bank | $84.9 million | Bloomberg |
| Nordea | Swedish bank | $65 million | Reuters |
| Hyposwiss Private Bank Genève | Swiss private bank | $50 million | Reuters; WSJ |
| Korea Life Insurance Co. | Korean insurer | $50 million | Yonhap News |
| Banque Benedict Hentsch | Swiss private bank | $47.5 million | firm statement |
| Royal Dutch Shell | Anglo-Dutch pension | $45 million | Reuters |
| Great Eastern Holdings | Singapore bank | $43.9 million | Reuters |
| Town of Fairfield, Connecticut | US pension fund | $42 million | WSJ |
| Royal Bank of Canada | Canadian bank | $40.4 million | The Globe and Mail |
| Wolosoff Foundation | charity | $38 million | FINalternatives |
| Bramdean Asset Management | asset manager | $31.2 million | WSJ |
| Mortimer B. Zuckerman Charitable Remainder Trust | US charity | $30 million | CNBC |
| Arthur I. and Sydelle F. Meyer Charitable Foundation | charity | $29.2 million | The Palm Beach Post |
| Chris Lighty | individual | $23 million | Boston Herald |
| Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. | Japanese insurer | $22 million | WSJ |
| Madoff Family Foundation | Bernard Madoff's Charity | $19 million | WSJ |
| Los Angeles Jewish Community Foundation | Jewish charity | $18 million | WSJ |
| Foundation for Humanity | charity | $15.2 million | WSJ |
| America-Israel Cultural Foundation | US-Israeli charity | $15 million | The New York Times |
| KSM Capital Advisors | investment firm | $15 million | Indianapolis Business Journal |
| The Phoenix Holdings | Israeli financial services company | $15 million | firm statement |
| Harel Insurance Investments and Financial Services | Israeli insurer | $14.2 million | WSJ |
| Alicia Koplowitz | individual | $13.7 million | Europa Press |
| Groupama | French Insurer | $13.6 million | firm statement |
| Société Générale | French bank | less than $13.5 million | Reuters |
| Bâloise | Swiss insurer | $13 million | WSJ |
| Lautenberg Family Foundation | charity | $12.8 million | media reports |
| Credit Agricole | French bank | less than $12.32 million | WSJ |
| KAS Bank | bank | $12.3 million | firm statement |
| Marion and Elie Wiesel | US individuals | $12 million | WSJ |
| Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment Management | US pension | $12 million | Reuters |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group | Japanese financial institution | $11 million | Bloomberg |
| Hampshire County Council | pension | $10.7 million | IPE |
| PWA Asset Holding Joint Trust | US individual | $10.5 million | WSJ |
| United Jewish Endowment Fund | Jewish charity | less than $10 million | JTA |
| Banco Popolare | Italian bank | $9.86 million | WSJ |
| Korea Teachers Pension | Korean pension | $9.1 million | WSJ |
| Robert I. Lappin Charitable Foundation | Jewish charity | $8 million | The Washington Post |
| Chais Family Foundation | Jewish charity | $7 million | WSJ |
| Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles | Jewish charity | $6.4 million | media reports |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology | Israeli university | $6.4 million | Globes |
| Vincent Tchenguiz | British individual | $6.3 million | FINalternatives |
| The Ramaz School | Jewish school | $6 million | WSJ |
| Irwin Kellner | individual | $6 million | lawsuit |
| Julian J. Levitt Foundation | Jewish charity | $6 million | WSJ |
| North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System | US pension fund | $5.7 million | WSJ |
| Stony Brook University Foundation | US university endowment | $5.4 million | Bloomberg |
| Maimonides School | Jewish school | $5 million | Bloomberg |
| Neue Privat Bank | Swiss bank | $5 million | WSJ |
| Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun | synagogue | $3.5 million | WSJ |
| Dorset County Pension Fund | UK pension | $3.5 million | LocalGov.co.uk |
| Almus Real Estate Investments | individual | $3.4 million | firm statement |
| Clal Insurance | Israeli insurer | $3.1 million | WSJ |
| New York Law School | US law school | $3 million | lawsuit |
| Swiss Reinsurance Co. | Swiss reinsurer | $3 million | WSJ |
| Frank Black | investor | less than $3 million | lawsuit |
| Global Specialised Opportunities 1 | Bermuda fund | $2.8 million | fund statement |
| Banca March | Spanish Bank | $2.5 million | Cinco Días |
| American Friends of Yad Sarah | Jewish charity | $1.5 million | WSJ |
| Caisse des dépôts et consignations | French bank | $1.38 million | Bloomberg |
| SAR Academy | US school | $1.2 million | Bloomberg News |
| Harold Roitenberg | US individual | $1 million | Minneapolis Star-Tribune |
| Allegretto Fund | Hedge fund | $790,000 | firm statement |
| Mediobanca | Italian bank | $671,000 | WSJ |
| Stanford Financial Group | international financial services firm that managed a Ponzi scheme separate from the Madoff Ponzi scheme | $600,000 | The Times |
| Allianz Global Investors | German investment firm | n/a | Citywire |
| Austin Capital Management | fund of hedge funds | n/a | Reuters |
| AWD | financial services provider | n/a | Citywire |
| Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick | US actors | n/a | New York magazine |
| Banesto | Spanish bank | n/a | Reuters |
| Ed Blumenfeld | US individual | n/a | Long Island Business News |
| Norman Braman | US individual | n/a | Wall Street Journal |
| Chair Family Foundation | US charity | n/a | FINalternatives |
| Erste Bank | Austrian bank | n/a | Der Standard |
| Fair Food Foundation | US charity | n/a | Crain's Detroit Business |
| Leonard Feinstein | US individual | n/a | Newark Star-Ledger |
| Avram and Carol Goldberg | US individuals | n/a | Reuters |
| Joyce Z. Greenberg | individual | n/a | Houston Chronicle |
| Bank Gutmann AG | Austrian bank | n/a | Citywire |
| members of the Hillcrest Country Club | US club | n/a | Star-Tribune |
| INTAC Global Preservation Hedge Portfolio | fund of hedge funds | n/a | fund documents |
| JEHT Foundation | US charity | n/a | foundation statement |
| Henry Kaufman | US individual | n/a | WSJ |
| KBC Bank | Belgian bank | n/a | firm statement |
| Sandy Koufax | US individual | n/a | Associated Press |
| Knowsley MBC | public sector pension | n/a | LocalGov.co.uk |
| Rodger Krouse | US individual | n/a | The New York Times |
| Last Atlantis Capital Management | fund of hedge funds | n/a | fund documents |
| Leonard Litwin | US individual | n/a | Bloomberg |
| Liverpool City Council | UK pension | n/a | LocalGov.co.uk |
| LLBW | German Bank | n/a | Citywire |
| Mirabaud | bank | n/a | Le Temps |
| The Moriah Fund | charity | n/a | FINalternatives |
| MorseLife | charity | n/a | Palm Beach Post |
| Notz, Stucki & Cie | Swiss bank | n/a | Le Temps |
| Members of the Oak Ridge Country Club | US individuals | n/a | Star-Tribune |
| Optimal Investment Services | alternatives firm | n/a | Bloomberg |
| Palm Beach Country Club | US country club | n/a | CNBC |
| Eric Roth | US individual | n/a | Los Angeles Times |
| St. Helens MBC | UK pension | n/a | LocalGov.co.uk |
| Sefton MBC | UK pension | n/a | LocalGov.co.uk |
| SNS Reaal Groep | financial services firm | n/a | Bloomberg |
| Family of former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer | US individuals | n/a | Clusterstock.com |
| Symphony Fund | fund of hedge funds | n/a | fund documents |
| Jeff Tucker | US individual | n/a | WNYT television |
| Thyssen family | Family Office | n/a | Clusterstock.com |
| UBS | Swiss bank | n/a | Reuters |
| Lawrence Velvel | US individual | n/a | WSJ |
| Wilpon family | family office | n/a | WSJ |
| Wunderkinder Foundation | charity | n/a | WSJ |
| Shusaku Arakawa and Madeline Gins | US couple | n/a | WSJ |