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    George Soros [a] HonFBA (born György Schwartz on August 12, 1930) [1] [2] is a Hungarian-American [b] billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist. [7] [8] As of October 2023, 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 ...

  2. Financier and philanthropist George Soros attends the official opening of the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture at the German Foreign... Billionaire George Soros attends a discussion with Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker and Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and a group of American...

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  4. 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.

  5. Apr 2, 2014 · George Soros is a self-made billionaire known for his investment savvy and his vast body of philanthropic work. Updated: Apr 9, 2021. Photo: Myrna M. Suarez/Getty Images // Getty Images.

    • Early Life and Education
    • Notable Accomplishments
    • Soros's Investment Style
    • The Bottom Line

    Soros, who is of Jewish descent, was born in Budapest in August 1930 and survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary, emigrating to England in 1947. He earned a doctorate from the London School of Economics before embarking on a career in banking.He founded his first hedge fund, then called Double Eagle, in 1969.

    "The man who broke the Bank of England"

    George Soros is most famous for a single-day gain of $1 billion on Sept. 16, 1992, which he made by short selling the British pound. At the time, England was part of the European exchange rate mechanism (ERM), a fixed-exchange-rate agreement among a number of European countries. The other countries were pressuring England to devalue its currency or leave the system. After resisting the devaluation for some time, England floatedits currency and the value of the pound dropped. Using leverage, S...

    Soros and Brexit

    More recently, Soros has been vocal about the precarious future of the European Union in the wake of Britain's 2016 vote to leave the union and the continuing refugee crisis that has brought millions of Middle Eastern refugees to Europe. Soros warned of an existential crisis facing Europe.He has set forth a plan to rescue Europe from a pending crisis by tackling three major issues: the refugee crisis, territorial breakups like Brexit, and the austerity crisis that has plagued countries like I...

    George Soros is unique among highly successful investorsin admitting that instinct plays a large role in his investment decisions. Nonetheless, he is famously well-informed about economic trends on a regional and global level and is known to use this knowledge to exploit market inefficiencies with large, highly leveraged bets. Soros has both the ca...

    As one of the most noteworthy investors in modern history, George Soros is known for making outsized bets against the British pound, and later the Thai baht. With the success of his currency bets, Soros has donated billions to promoting democracy and backing liberal causes around the world through the Open Society Foundations.

  6. Aug 19, 2023 · Alex Soros, left, now chairs the organisation created by his father George Soros, 93. ... Staff remaining in the German capital will mainly administer the foundation’s funds in Switzerland.

  7. May 30, 2018 · Getty Images. His foundation is now the second-largest philanthropic organisation in the US - behind that of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. He focused on opening up cultural exchange with...

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