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George Soros HonFBA (born György Schwartz on August 12, 1930) is a Hungarian-American billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist. [7] [8] As of October 2023 [update] , he had a net worth of US$6.7 billion, [9] [10] having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations , [11] of which $15 billion has already been ...
- Who Is George Soros?
- Early Years
- Investment Success
- Activities and Controversies
- Personal Life
Investor and philanthropist George Soros survived Nazi occupation followed by Communist-rule in Hungary in the mid-1940s and emigrated to London. There he studied economics and after earning his degree, moved to New York City in 1956, where he entered a life of finance. He began his renowned philanthropic efforts in 1979, and as of 2012, his lifeti...
Soros was born György Schwartz in Budapest, Hungary, on August 12, 1930, to parents Tividar and Erzebat Schwartz. To avoid growing anti-Semite persecution, his father changed their surname to Soros in 1936. As a teenager, he survived the Nazi invasion and occupation of Hungary in 1944. After WWII ended, Soros emigrated from then-Communist-dominated...
Soros graduated in 1952, and in September 1956, he sailed to New York and took a job at Wall Street brokerage firm F.M. Mayer. After working for a few more firms, in 1973, Soros set up his own hedge fund (the Soros Fund, soon after renamed the Quantum Fund and later the Quantum Fund Endowment) with $12 million from investors. The fund, with Soros a...
Soros began his philanthropic activity in 1979, and he established the Open Society Foundations in 1984. The foundations fund a range of global initiatives “to advance justice, education, public health, business development and independent media.” The causes Soros helps with his foundations are numerous (the foundations’ list of activities goes on ...
Soros has five children and has been divorced twice. He married his third wife, Tamiko Bolton, in 2013.
May 7, 2024 · George Soros (born August 12, 1930, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian-born American financier, author, philanthropist, and activist whose success as an investor made him one of the wealthiest men in the world. He is also known as a powerful and influential supporter of liberal social causes.
Jan 4, 2024 · He is a longtime champion of liberal and progressive causes, making him a target of a variety of conservative conspiracy theories. Soros is believed to be worth $6.7 billion as of December 2023...
George Soros is one of the world’s foremost philanthropists. He has given away more than $32 billion of his personal fortune to fund the Open Society Foundations’ work around the world. He is also the founder of Central European University, a leading regional center for the study of the social sciences.
George Soros is one of the world’s foremost philanthropists. He has given away more than $32 billion of his personal fortune to fund the Open Society Foundations’ work around the world. He is also the founder and primary funder of the Central European University in Budapest, a leading regional center for the study of the social sciences.
May 30, 2018 · Hungarian-American businessman George Soros is one of the world's most renowned, and philanthropic, financial investors. Earning his fortune through shrewd financial speculation, he has spent...
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