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'''George Soros''' (pronounced /ˈsɔərɵs/,[2] Hungarian: [ˈʃoroʃ]) (born August 12, 1930, as György Schwartz) is an American currency speculator, stock investor, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist.[3] Forbes lists Soros as the 29th-richest person in the world, with a net worth estimated at $11.0 billion. Soros has given $6 billion to various causes since 1979.[1]

'''George Soros''' (pronounced /ˈsɔərɵs/,[2] Hungarian: [ˈʃoroʃ]) (born August 12, 1930, as György Schwartz) is an American currency speculator, stock investor, businessman, philanthropist, and political activist.[3] Forbes lists Soros as the 29th-richest person in the world, with a net worth estimated at $11.0 billion. Soros has given $6 billion to various causes since 1979.[1]

Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Institute Open Society Institute] and is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations Council on Foreign Relations]. He is also one of three initial funders of Center for American Progress, and is represented on the board.[4] His funding and organization of Georgia's Rose Revolution was considered by Russian and Western observers to have been crucial to its success, although Soros said his role has been greatly exaggerated. In the United States, he is known for having donated large sums of money in a failed effort to defeat President George W. Bush's bid for re-election in 2004.

Soros is chairman of Soros Fund Management and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Society_Institute Open Society Institute] and is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Foreign_Relations Council on Foreign Relations]. He is also one of three initial funders of Center for American Progress, and is represented on the board.[4] His funding and organization of Georgia's Rose Revolution was considered by Russian and Western observers to have been crucial to its success, although Soros said his role has been greatly exaggerated. In the United States, he is known for having donated large sums of money in a failed effort to defeat President George W. Bush's bid for re-election in 2004.

 

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker wrote in 2003 in the foreword of Soros' book The Alchemy of Finance: George Soros has made his mark as an enormously successful speculator, wise enough to largely withdraw when still way ahead of the game. The bulk of his enormous winnings is now devoted to encouraging transitional and emerging nations to become 'open societies,' open not only in the sense of freedom of commerce but—more important—tolerant of new ideas and different modes of [[thinking]] and [[behavior]].

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker wrote in 2003 in the foreword of Soros' book The Alchemy of Finance: George Soros has made his mark as an enormously successful speculator, wise enough to largely withdraw when still way ahead of the game. The bulk of his enormous winnings is now devoted to encouraging transitional and emerging nations to become 'open societies,' open not only in the sense of freedom of commerce but—more important—tolerant of new ideas and different modes of [[thinking]] and [[behavior]].

# Soros donates $100 million to Europe, UNIAN                                                                                                                            (June 19, 2009)

# Soros donates $100 million to Europe, UNIAN                                                                                                                            (June 19, 2009)

# LeBlanc, Steve, Soros behind Mass. effort to decriminalize pot, Associated Press, August 27, 2008

# LeBlanc, Steve, Soros behind Mass. effort to decriminalize pot, Associated Press, August 27, 2008

# http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4416, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

# https://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=4416, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws

# Project on Death in America

# Project on Death in America

# [6]

# [6]

# chapter 10 "The Developmental States of East Asia." Hoogvelt, Ankie. 2001. in Globalization and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Development. Balimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press.

# chapter 10 "The Developmental States of East Asia." Hoogvelt, Ankie. 2001. in Globalization and the Postcolonial World: The New Political Economy of Development. Balimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press.

# Maggie Farley: Malaysian Leader, Soros Trade Barbs, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1997

# Maggie Farley: Malaysian Leader, Soros Trade Barbs, Los Angeles Times, September 22, 1997

# Bill Moyers Journal, George Soros on the financial crisis, published October 10, 2008, at http://odeo.com, full transcript and podcast

# Bill Moyers Journal, George Soros on the financial crisis, published October 10, 2008, at https://odeo.com, full transcript and podcast

# jta.org

# jta.org

# Soros, George. "On Israel, America and AIPAC." New York Review of Books, April 12, 2007.

# Soros, George. "On Israel, America and AIPAC." New York Review of Books, April 12, 2007.

# http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21792

# https://www.nybooks.com/articles/21792

== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://georgesoros.com/ George Soros official site and blog]

*[https://georgesoros.com/ George Soros official site and blog]

*[http://www.soros.org/ Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network]

*[https://www.soros.org/ Open Society Institute and Soros Foundations Network]

*[http://campus.fortunecity.com/pot/832/articles.html List of articles and speeches by and about George Soros]

*[https://campus.fortunecity.com/pot/832/articles.html List of articles and speeches by and about George Soros]

*[http://www.campaignmoney.com/biography/george_soros.asp George Soros' Political Campaign Contributions]

*[https://www.campaignmoney.com/biography/george_soros.asp George Soros' Political Campaign Contributions]

*[http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/54/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=54&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=L9II&datatype=Person Forbes.com: Forbes 400 Richest in America]

*[https://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/54/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=54&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=L9II&datatype=Person Forbes.com: Forbes 400 Richest in America]

*[http://www.livermorereport.com/blogs/georgesoros/ George Soros in SEC Filings]

*[https://www.livermorereport.com/blogs/georgesoros/ George Soros in SEC Filings]

*[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/10/18/041018fa_fact3?currentPage=1 The Money Man - New Yorker]

*[https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/10/18/041018fa_fact3?currentPage=1 The Money Man - New Yorker]

*[http://www.aworldtowin.net/reviews/SorosParadigm.html In depth review of The New Paradigm]

*[https://www.aworldtowin.net/reviews/SorosParadigm.html In depth review of The New Paradigm]

*[http://www.nybooks.com/authors/157 Soros archive] from ''The New York Review of Books''

*[https://www.nybooks.com/authors/157 Soros archive] from ''The New York Review of Books''

*[http://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2009/6%20June/soros_62_11.html George Soros profile, Director magazine, June 2009]

*[https://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2009/6%20June/soros_62_11.html George Soros profile, Director magazine, June 2009]

[[Category: Biography]]

[[Category: Biography]]