George Soros was born to his parents, Tivadar Soros, and Elizabeth Soros.
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Tivadar Soros
Tivadar Soros was a Hungarian legal practitioner, author and editor, born on April 7, 1893.
He died on February 22, 1968.
Elizabeth Soros
Soros’ mother, Elizabeth, was married to Tivadar in 1924.
The couple had two children, George Soros, and Paul Soros.
Who Is George Soros?
George Soros is an entrepreneur and philanthropist, considered to be the “most generous giver” in terms of net worth percentage.
Born in Hungary, on August 12, 1930, Soros graduated from the London School of Economics, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in philosophy.
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Soros career journey has seen him work for high profile organizations like merchant banks in Britain and America.
Soros set up the Double Eagle Fund in 1969, and later the Soros Fund Management.
Double Eagle which was renamed Quantum Fund had “$25 billion of the majority of Soros’s overall net worth” as if 2011.
Soros is usually called “The Man Who Broke the Bank of England” because he sold US$10 billion worth of pounds sterling within a short while, and earned a profit of $1 billion in 1992, at a time when the UK experienced a currency crisis.
As a philanthropist, Soros donated over $11 billion to various philanthropic causes between 1979 and 2011.
As of 2021, Soros had an estimated net worth of US$8.6 billion, after donating over $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations.
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