George Soros
George Soros is Chairman of Soros Fund Management, LLC and founder of The Open Society Institute.
He was born in Budapest in 1930. After surviving the Nazi occupation and then fleeing communist Hungary for England, he graduated from the London School of Economics. He then settled in the United States, where he accumulated a large fortune through the investment advisory firm he founded and managed.
Soros has been active as a philanthropist since 1979, and has established a network of philanthropic organisations that are now active in more than 50 countries. These organisations are dedicated to promoting the values of democracy and an open society. The foundation network itself spends about $400 million annually.
Soros is the author of several best-selling books, including The Bubble of American Supremacy. Underwriting Democracy, and The Age of Fallibility. He lives in New York City.
Website: http://www.georgesoros.com/
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