George Soros is a Hungarian-American businessman, philanthropist, stock investor, currency speculator, and social activist.
Soros is a major philanthropist. As of this writing he has transferred $32 billion in his personal wealth to a charity he founded called Open Society Foundations.
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George Soros Biography
George Soros was born in Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, on August 12, 1930.
He attended the London School of Economics and started his career at merchant banks in England and the US before starting his first hedge fund in 1969.
Soros used profits from that to start Soros Fund Management, his second hedge fund, in 1970.
He rose to fame and fortune two decades ago on a now-historic trade, in which he took on the Bank of England and shrewdly wagered on a devaluation of the pound.
Soros is an active contributor to politically liberal causes and frequently speaks on world economic events.
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George Soros parents
Soros’s parents are Tivadar Soros and Elizabeth Soros. His mother Erzsébet (also known as Elizabeth) operated a successful silk store.
His father Tivadar (also known as Teodoro Ŝvarc) was a lawyer and a well-known Esperanto author .
George Soros siblings
Paul Soros, often called “the invisible Soros”, was the older brother of George Soros, a businessman and financier.
George Soros age
Soros was born on on August 12, 1930, and is currently 92 years old.
George Soros Wife
Soros has been married three times and divorced twice and is currently wed to yoga firm boss Tamiko Bolton – 42 years his junior.
George Soros Children
George has been married three times and divorced twice. His first marriage was to Annaliese Witschak, who was orphaned during World War II, in 1960.
The two divorced in 1983 but had three children: Robert Daniel Soros, Andrea Soros Colombel, and Jonathan Tivadar Soros.
Following his divorce from Annaliese, George married Susan Weber, also in 1983. George and Susan had two children: Alexander Soros and Gregory James Soros.
George Soros net worth
His fortune has been estimated at £5.8billion after he gave away 80 percent of his wealth to charity.
The philanthropist donated £13billion to Open Society Foundations – an international group of charities that works in more than 100 countries on projects focused on refugee relief and public health.
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