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 ...

Jan 4, 2025 · 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.

Oct 17, 2024 · George Soros is a legendary hedge fund manager. Soros is widely considered one of the most successful investors of all time, and he is also one of the world's foremost philanthropists. In...

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.

2 days ago · George Soros is a hedge fund tycoon who managed client money in New York from 1969 to 2011. In 1992, Soros shorted the British pound and reportedly made a profit of $1 billion.

Apr 2, 2014 · Who Is George Soros? Investor and philanthropist George Soros survived Nazi occupation followed by Communist-rule in Hungary in the mid-1940s and emigrated to London.

Jan 4, 2025 · NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations are proud to announce that George Soros today received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the United States. A survivor of Nazi-occupied Hungary and then Communist repression, Soros has contributed more than $32 billion to advancing freedom and justice across the world.

George Soros experienced ethnic and political intolerance firsthand. Born in Hungary in 1930, he lived through the Nazi occupation of 1944–1945, which resulted in the murder of over 500,000 Hungarian Jews.

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...

Jan 5, 2025 · Alex Soros, son of philanthropist George Soros, greets U.S. President Joe Biden before being presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom on behalf of his father in the East Room of the White House ...