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George Soros [a] (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) [1] [2] is an American [b] investor and philanthropist. [7] [8] As of October 2023, he had a net worth of US$6.7 billion, [9] [10] having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, [11] of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune.
Open Society Foundations (OSF), formerly the Open Society Institute, is a US-based grantmaking network founded by business magnate George Soros. [2] Open Society Foundations financially supports civil society groups around the world, with the stated aim of advancing justice, education, public health and independent media.
The foundation was established by George Soros in 1993, just prior to the dismantling of apartheid and South Africa's transition to democracy. [2] From 2013 to 2019, its Executive Director was Fatima Hassan a human rights lawyer and social justice activist. [3] The organisation is connected to the Open Society Foundations.
George Soros, a Hungarian Jew who emigrated after World War Two, made his fortune in the United States and has long supported groups promoting liberal, democratic and open-border values in Eastern ...
TowerBrook Capital Partners was formed as a spin-off of George Soros' equity management firm. [5] TowerBrook's co-founders, Neal Moszkowski and Ramez Sousou, had previously served as co-heads of Soros Fund Management's private equity arm, Soros Private Equity (SPEP); SPEP launched its first fund around 2000. [8]
George Soros was hailed four years ago when the staff at his Open Society Foundations unionized. But now the hedge fund billionaire’s halo is getting tarnished as labor leaders charge that he ...
A hedge fund manager turned philanthropist and major backer of liberal causes, Soros, 92, said he previously didn't want his Open Society Foundations (OSF) to be taken over by one of his five ...
In 1992, on what became known as Black Wednesday, Soros' lead fund, Quantum Fund, became famous for profiting from the devaluation of the pound when the currency left the Exchange Rate Mechanism. Soros had bet his entire fund in a short sale on the ultimately fulfilled prediction that the British currency would drop in value, netting him a ...