George Soros
1930 – ? American, Hungarian investor, philanthropist
Hedge fund pioneer and liberal philanthropist.
- Religion
- Jewish background; secular.
- Affiliations
- Founded Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Foundations. Famous for a 1992 bet against the British pound. A frequent target of political conspiracy theories.
He was born Gyorgy Schwartz in Budapest; his family changed the surname to Soros in 1936 and survived the Nazi occupation. He built one of the most successful hedge funds and gave billions to pro-democracy and open-society causes. He is a recurring subject of antisemitic conspiracy theories, which are unfounded.
Connections
- associate of Stanley Druckenmiller — Managed the Quantum Fund together during the 1992 pound trade.
- associate of Stanley Druckenmiller — Ran the Quantum Fund and made the 1992 pound bet together.
In the timeline
- 1992 Black Wednesday and the pound sterling crisis mentioned