Hungarian-American entrepreneur George Soros had a brother named Paul Soros-.
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Paul Soros was an American-Hungarian mechanical engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist.
Born on June 5, 1926, Paul Soros founded Soros Associates, which “designs and develops bulk handling and port facilities.”
Today, the company has presence in at least 91 countries across the globe.
Paul passed away on June 15, 2013.
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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