George Soros
Renowned global investor
Hungarian-American George Soros is one of the world's most successful investors, a business magnate, philanthropist, political activist and author. He heads Soros Fund Management, which boasts $26bn in assets.
The legendary former hedge fund manager and investing heavyweight managed client money in New York from 1969 to 2011.
In 1992, Soros became famous for shorting the British pound (and making $1bn from it) and forcing the government to pull out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism on 'Black Wednesday'. Many have since dubbed him "The man who broke the Bank of England".
As of February 2018, Soros had a net worth of $8bn, after donating $18bn to his philanthropic agency, Open Society Foundations. Born in Budapest, he survived Nazi Germany-occupied Hungary before initially emigrating to England in 1947.
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Stanley Druckenmiller, the manager who helped George Soros make $1bn by ‘breaking' the Bank of England, plans to retire after thirty years in the industry.
19 August 2010
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Investment
Legendary investor George Soros heavily cut back his US weighting in the second quarter as market volatility increased.
18 August 2010
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Global
Investment guru Jim Rogers believes another recession will be due in about 2012, but the difference next time will be the inability of central banks to throw cash at the problem.
28 July 2010
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Global
Billionaire investor George Soros, the man who broke the Bank of England, says the financial crisis has "just entered Act II" as Europe's fiscal woes worsen.
15 June 2010
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Investment
George Soros doubled his investment in the world's largest gold fund just weeks before claiming investing in the precious metal is now the "ultimate bubble".
18 February 2010
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