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Robert Soros Born Robert Daniel Soros 1963 (age 61–62) New York City, U.S. Education New York University (BA) Occupation Investor Employers Soros Fund Management (1994–2017) Soros Capital Management (2017–present) Spouse(s) Melissa Robin Schiff (m. 1992 ; div. 2014) Jamie Singer (m. 2021) Father George Soros Robert Daniel Soros (born 1963) is an American investor and the founder of Soros ...
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.
Soros's parents are Annaliese Witschak and business magnate George Soros, [6] [7] who divorced in 1981. He is the brother of Andrea and Robert Soros and half-brother of Gregory and Alexander, from his father's second marriage to Susan Weber. [7] He received a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, in 1992.
Soros Fund Management is a privately held American investment management firm.It is currently structured as a family office, but formerly was a hedge fund.The firm was founded in 1970 by George Soros [1] and, in 2010, was reported to be one of the most profitable firms in the hedge fund industry, [2] averaging a 20% annual rate of return over four decades.
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 ...
Soros: The World's Most Influential Investor is a non-fiction book by Robert Slater, first released by McGraw Hill in 1996, that describes the early life, education, work, and philanthropy of a man many consider to be the most influential and successful investor of the twentieth century.
Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire is a non-fiction book by Michael T. Kaufman released by Random House in 2002, that illuminates the early life, education, work, and controversial philanthropy of George Soros, a man considered by many to be one of the most enigmatic yet globally influential financiers of his era.
Alexander Soros (born October 27, 1985) [1] is an American investor and philanthropist. One of the five children of billionaire George Soros, he chairs the Board of Directors of the Open Society Foundations [2] and sits on the investment committee for Soros Fund Management. He was also named one of the World Economic Forum's Young Global ...