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George Soros

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George Soros (born György Schwartz; August 12, 1930) is an American investor and philanthropist. As of May 2025, he has a net worth of US$7.2 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. In 2020, Forbes called Soros the "most generous giver" in terms of percentage of net worth. Born in Budapest to a non-observant Jewish family, Soros survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary and moved to the United Kingdom in 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Soros is the 8th most popular businessperson (up from 14th in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Businessperson.

George Soros is a Hungarian-American investor, business magnate, and philanthropist. He is one of the world's most successful investors. As of February 2018, he had a net worth of $8 billion. He is known as "The Man Who Broke the Bank of England" because of his short sale of US$10 billion worth of pounds, making him a profit of $1 billion during the 1992 Black Wednesday UK currency crisis.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, George Soros ranks 8 out of 847. Before him are Howard Hughes, Cecil Rhodes, Pierre de Coubertin, Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Oskar Schindler. After him are John D. Rockefeller, Jeff Bezos, Sepp Blatter, Bernie Madoff, Vince McMahon, and Aristotle Onassis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, George Soros ranks 6. Before him are Clint Eastwood, Hafez al-Assad, Neil Armstrong, Richard Harris, and Warren Buffett. After him are Michael Collins, Sean Connery, Gene Hackman, Helmut Kohl, Anton LaVey, and Jacques Derrida.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, George Soros ranks 3 out of 1,077. Before him are Ferenc Puskás (1927), and Martin of Tours (316). After him are Gaiseric (389), Theodor Herzl (1860), Elizabeth Báthory (1560), Louis II of Hungary (1506), Rudolf Steiner (1861), Stephen I of Hungary (975), John von Neumann (1903), Ignaz Semmelweis (1818), and Matthias Corvinus (1443).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Hungary

Among businesspeople born in Hungary, George Soros ranks 1. After him are Andrew Grove (1936), and Charles Simonyi (1948).

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