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George Soros [a] (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) [1] [2] is an American [b] investor 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 distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune.
Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire is a non-fiction book by Michael T. Kaufman released by Random House in 2002, that illuminates the early life, education, work, and controversial philanthropy of George Soros, a man considered by many to be one of the most enigmatic yet globally influential financiers of his era.
Career highlight: According to Forbes, in 1992, Soros shorted the British pound and reportedly made a profit of $1 billion, and later became known as the man who broke the Bank of England.
It's official: George Soros, the world's most successful speculator, is closing up his legendary $25 billion Quantum Fund to outside investors after 40 years. Soros explained that new regulations ...
In 1992, on what became known as Black Wednesday, Soros' lead fund, Quantum Fund, became famous for profiting from the devaluation of the pound when the currency left the Exchange Rate Mechanism. Soros had bet his entire fund in a short sale on the ultimately fulfilled prediction that the British currency would drop in value, netting him a ...
Billionaire investor and philanthropist George Soros is one of the most famous figures in the investing world, earning himself the enviable moniker “The Man Who […] Top 10 Stocks Billionaire ...
The famed hedge fund manager George Soros, known for breaking the British pound in 1992, shocked the world on Friday by announcing a 7.91% stake in J.C. Penney . The news sent shares of the ailing ...
Soros Fund Management is a privately held American investment management firm.It is currently structured as a family office, but formerly was a hedge fund.The firm was founded in 1970 by George Soros [1] and, in 2010, was reported to be one of the most profitable firms in the hedge fund industry, [2] averaging a 20% annual rate of return over four decades.