George Soros

<html> <head> <title>George Soros</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style></head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr><map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/people/293/000023224/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0>George Soros<img src="george_soros.jpg" height=280 width=200 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 alt="George Soros">Born: <a href="/lists/742/000106424/" class=proflink>12-Aug</a>-<a href="/lists/929/000105614/" class=proflink>1930</a> Birthplace: <a href="/geo/927/000069720/" class=proflink>Budapest, Hungary</a> Gender: Male Religion: <a href="/lists/282/000069075/" class=proflink>Atheist</a> Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Business, <a href="/lists/465/000098171/" class=proflink>Philanthropist</a> Party Affiliation: DemocraticNationality: United States Executive summary: Financial speculatorHungarian-American immigrant who made his fortune in America, and provided seed funding for the <a href="/org/186/000163694/">Open Society Institute</a> and the <a href="/org/298/000051145/">Center for American Progress</a>. Gave $100M to <a href="/org/589/000071376/">Human Rights Watch</a>, $1M to <a href="/org/544/000092268/">Media Matters for America</a> in 2010, and $1M to a pro-<a href="/people/208/000055043/">Obama</a> PAC in 2012. Widely but incorrectly credited by right-wing sources as having funded Air America Radio and virtually every other left-leaning or liberal cause. Father: Tivadar Schwartz (attorney, d. 1968) Mother: Erzebet Szucz Brother: Paul (shipping magnate, b. 1926, d. 2013) Wife: Annaliese Witschak (m. 1960, div., two sons, one daughter) Son: Robert (b. 1964) Daughter: Andrea (b. 1965) Son: Jonathan (financial manager, b. 1971) Wife: Susan Weber (m. 19-Jun-1983, div., two sons) Son: Alexander Son: Gregory Girlfriend: Adriana Ferreyr (Brazilian soap opera star, ex-) Girlfriend: Tamiko Bolton (yoga instructor, b. circa 1972, together since 2008, fiancée 2012)     University: <a href="/edu/570/000079333/">BS, London School of Economics (1952)</a>     <a href="/company/084/000168577/">Soros Fund Management</a>     Quantum Fund (1969-2000)     <a href="/company/695/000042569/">Carlyle Group</a>     <a href="/org/379/000167875/">Al Franken for Senate</a>     <a href="/org/811/000055646/">American Academy of Arts and Sciences</a>     <a href="/org/514/000042388/">Bilderberg Group</a>     <a href="/org/298/000051145/">Center for American Progress</a>     <a href="/org/381/000122015/">Citizens for a Moratorium on Federal Executions</a>     <a href="/org/685/000168181/">Dean for America</a>     <a href="/org/674/000171161/">Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee</a>     <a href="/org/291/000173769/">Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee</a>     <a href="/org/908/000126530/">Drug Policy Alliance</a> Board of Directors     <a href="/org/874/000356803/">Friends for Harry Reid</a>     <a href="/org/531/000167030/">Friends of Hillary</a>     <a href="/org/781/000167280/">Gore 2000</a>     <a href="/org/589/000071376/">Human Rights Watch</a>     <a href="/org/402/000056234/">Institute for International Economics</a> Board of Directors     <a href="/org/616/000067415/">International Academy of Humanism</a> Laureate     <a href="/org/520/000061337/">International Crisis Group</a> Executive Committee     <a href="/org/805/000167304/">John Kerry for President</a>     <a href="/org/945/000172429/">McCain 2000</a>     <a href="/org/544/000092268/">Media Matters for America</a>     <a href="/org/674/000051521/">MoveOn.org</a>     <a href="/org/524/000167023/">New Leadership for America PAC</a>     <a href="/org/684/000167183/">Obama for America</a>     <a href="/org/037/000171521/">Obama for Illinois</a>     <a href="/org/186/000163694/">Open Society Institute</a> Founder     <a href="/crime/648/000044516/">Insider Trading</a> Convicted 2002     <a href="/event/582/000051429/">Naturalized US Citizen</a> 18-Dec-1961     <a href="/group/812/000091539/">Esperanto speakers</a>     <a href="/lists/352/000044220/">Hungarian Ancestry</a>     <a href="/lists/481/000045346/">Jewish Ancestry</a> Official Website: <a href="http://www.georgesoros.com/" target=_blank>http://www.georgesoros.com/</a> Rotten Library Page: <a href="http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/business/george-soros/">George Soros</a> Author of books: The Alchemy of Finance (<tt>1988</tt>) Opening the Soviet System (<tt>1990</tt>) Underwriting Democracy:Encouraging Free Enterprise and Democratic Reform Among the Soviets and in Eastern Europe (<tt>1991</tt>) Soros on Soros: Staying Ahead of the Curve (<tt>1995</tt>, with <a href="/people/865/000252109/">Byron Wien</a>) The Crisis of Global Capitalism: Open Society Endangered (<tt>1998</tt>) Open Society: Reforming Global Capitalism (<tt>2000</tt>) George Soros on Globalization (<tt>2002</tt>) The Bubble of American Supremacy: Correcting the Misuse of American Power (<tt>2003</tt>) The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror (<tt>2006</tt>) The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means (<tt>2008</tt>) <table> <tr> <td align=right valign=middle style="padding-right: 5px;">New! <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a></td> <td valign=middle align=right style="border-left: 1px solid #bbb; padding-left: 5px;">Create a map starting with</td> <td valign=middle align=right><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23224"><img src="/man.gif" border=0 style="padding: 2px;"></a></td> <td align=left valign=middle> <a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/start/?id=23224">George Soros</a></td> </tr> </table> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript. 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